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.
KJV
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.
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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Deuteronomy 7:16And 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 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
1 Samuel 14:44And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel 15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 15:9But 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 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
2 Kings 10:31But 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 9:54And 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 9:55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Romans 10:2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Galatians 4:17They 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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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 1:13Go 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 1:17And 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 1:30Even 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 1:46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1 Kings 2:12Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba 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 2:45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Frequently asked questions
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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