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1 Kings 1:37

1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

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As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.”

As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.

What does 1 Kings 1:37 mean?

1 Kings 1:37 is a verse in the book of 1 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn), מֶלֶךְ (melek). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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As
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
hath
been
with
my
lordאָדוֹןʼâdôwn/aw-done'/H113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
the
king,מֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
even
so
be
he
with
Solomon,שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôh/shel-o-mo'/H8010Shelomah, David's successor
and
makeגָּדַלgâdal/gaw-dal'/H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
his
throneכִּסֵּאkiççêʼ/kis-say'/H3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
greaterגָּדַלgâdal/gaw-dal'/H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
than
the
throneכִּסֵּאkiççêʼ/kis-say'/H3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
of
my
lordאָדוֹןʼâdôwn/aw-done'/H113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
David.דָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse

Commentary on 1 Kings 1:37

HENRY_FULL · 1 Kings 1:37
v The date of the events of this chapter is uncertain. I incline to think that they happened as they are here placed, after Absalom's and Sheba's rebellion, and towards the latter end of David's reign. That the battles with the Philistines, mentioned here, were long after the Philistines were subdued, appears by comparing 1 Chron. xviii. 1 with xx. 4 . The numbering of the people was just before the fixing of the place of the temple (as appears 1 Chron. xxii. 1 ), and that was towards the close of David's life; and, it should seem, the people were numbered just after the three years' famine for the Gibeonites, for that which is threatened as "three" years' famine ( 1 Chron. xxi. 12 ) is called "seven" years ( 2 Sam. xxiv. 12, 13 ), three more, with the year current, added to those three. We have here, I. The Gibeonites avenged, 1. By a famine in the land, ver. 1 . 2. By the putting of seven of Saul's posterity to death ( ver. 2-9 ), care, however, being taken of their dead bodies, and of the bones of Saul, ver. 10-14 . II. The giants of the Philistines slain in several battles, ver. 15-22 . A Famine in Israel; The Gibeonites Avenged. (

Cross-references

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Genesis 15:16

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Deuteronomy 7:16

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Joshua 9:3

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

1 Samuel 14:44

And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

1 Samuel 15:8

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. fatlings: or, second sort

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. took: Heb. observed not

Luke 9:54

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

Luke 9:55

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

John 16:2

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Galatians 4:17

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. exclude you: or, exclude us

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Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Kings 1:37.

1 Kings 1:47

And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

1 Kings 1:13

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

1 Kings 1:17

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

1 Kings 1:30

Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

1 Kings 1:46

And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

1 Kings 2:12

Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

1 Kings 2:19

Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kings 2:45

And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

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What does 1 Kings 1:37 say?

1 Kings 1:37 (King James Version) reads: "As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."

Is 1 Kings 1:37 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Kings 1:37 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Kings.

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