1 Kings 1:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.””
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“Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon--<FI> reckoned<Fi> sinners.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 1:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 1:12Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 1 Kings 2:15“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
- 1 Kings 2:22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
- 2 Chronicles 22:10When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).