1 Kings 1:43
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- KJV
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
- WEB
- Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- ASV
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king:
- DARBY
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Indeed, our lord king David has made Solomon king.
- BLB
- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “Truly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- ÅB
- Men Jonatan svarte og sa til Adonja: Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.
- OTB
- Men Jonatan svarte Adonja og sa, “Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.
- B1930
- Men Jonatan svarte og sa til Adonja: Nei! Vår herre kong David har gjort Salomo til konge.