1 Kings 1:35

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.””

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BSBPD

“Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and ye have come up after him, and he hath come in and hath sat on my throne, and he doth reign in my stead, and him I have appointed to be leader over Israel, and over Judah.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 1:35 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 1:13Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  2. 1 Kings 1:17“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
  3. 1 Kings 2:12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
  6. 1 Chronicles 28:4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
  7. 1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
  8. 1 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
  9. Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  10. Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

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