1 Kings 1:14
New International Version
While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.”

New Living Translation
And while you are still talking with him, I will come and confirm everything you have said.”

English Standard Version
Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

King James Bible
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

New King James Version
Then, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”

New American Standard Bible
Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

NASB 1995
“Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

NASB 1977
“Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and fully confirm your words.”

Amplified Bible
Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

Christian Standard Bible
At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”

American Standard Version
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

Contemporary English Version
While you are still talking to David, I'll come in and tell him that everything you said is true.

English Revised Version
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And while you're still there talking to the king, I'll come in and confirm what you have said."

Good News Translation
And Nathan added, "Then, while you are still talking with King David, I will come in and confirm your story."

International Standard Version
Then, while you are still talking to the king, I'll come in after you and verify your statement."

Majority Standard Bible
Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.?

NET Bible
While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report."

New Heart English Bible
And look, while you are still there speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words."

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, while thou art yet talking there with the king, I will also come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

World English Bible
Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, you are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after you, and have completed your words.”

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after thee, and have completed thy words.'

Smith's Literal Translation
Behold thee yet speaking with the king, and I will come in after thee and complete thy words.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And while you are still speaking with the king there, I will enter after you, and I will complete your words.”

New American Bible
And while you are still there speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

New Revised Standard Version
Then while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And, while you are still speaking there in the presence of the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And while you are speaking there before the King, I shall come after you and I shall confirm your words.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And behold, while thou art still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and will confirm thy words.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
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?’ 14Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.” 15So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.…

Cross References
1 Kings 2:15-25
“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. / So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him. / Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” ...

2 Samuel 15:34-37
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’ / Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace. / Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.” ...

2 Samuel 17:15-16
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised. / Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

1 Chronicles 22:9-10
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign. / He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

1 Chronicles 29:22-25
That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest. / So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. / All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. ...

2 Samuel 7:12-16
And 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. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...

1 Kings 2:13-14
Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. / Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.

1 Kings 2:22-24
King 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!” / Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life. / And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

1 Kings 2:35
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.

1 Kings 3:6-7
Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day. / And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

1 Kings 11:11-13
Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. / Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. / Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

1 Kings 11:30-31
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, / and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

1 Kings 13:2
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

1 Kings 14:7-8
Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel. / I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.

I also

1 Kings 1:17-27
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…

2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

confirm [heb] fill up

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1 Kings 1
1. Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age
5. Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom
11. By the council of Nathan
15. Bathsheba moves the king
22. And Nathan seconds her
28. David renews his oath to Bathsheba
32. Solomon, by David's appointment,
38. being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph
41. Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly
50. Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon














Then, while you are still there speaking with the king
This phrase sets the scene for a strategic and timely intervention. The Hebrew word for "speaking" (דָּבַר, dabar) often implies not just casual conversation but a purposeful and authoritative communication. In the context of ancient Israel, speaking with the king was a significant act, often involving matters of state or covenant. The historical context here is crucial, as it reflects the urgency and importance of the message being delivered to King David regarding the succession of the throne.

I will come in after you
The phrase "I will come in" suggests a planned and deliberate entrance. The Hebrew root for "come in" (בּוֹא, bo) is frequently used in the Old Testament to denote entering into a significant situation or presence. This reflects the careful orchestration of events to ensure that the message is reinforced. In the historical context of the monarchy, such coordination was vital to ensure the stability and continuity of leadership.

and confirm your words
The word "confirm" (קָיָם, qayam) in Hebrew carries the connotation of establishing or making something firm. This is not merely a repetition but an affirmation that adds weight and authority to the initial message. In the scriptural context, the confirmation of words often involved a witness or a second testimony, which was a common practice in ancient Near Eastern cultures to establish truth and credibility. This reflects the biblical principle of establishing truth through multiple witnesses, as seen in Deuteronomy 19:15.

(14) While thou yet talkest.--The whole history seems to indicate a growth of royal state and Oriental reverence for the king's person since the defeat of Absalom, contrasted with the comparative simplicity of intercourse with him in earlier days, and preparatory to the still greater development of majesty and despotism under Solomon. Bath-sheba's entrance into the bedchamber seems to be looked upon as an intrusion, to be ventured upon only in the humble attitude of a suppliant. Nathan does not presume to approach the king with remonstrance, till the maternal anxiety of Bath-sheba has paved the way. (Comp, in Esther 4:10-16, the picture of the still more unapproachable royalty of Persia.)

Verse 14. - Behold, while thou yet talkest there [the original is more graphic, "thou art yet talking... and I"] with the king, I also win come after thee and confirm [marg., "fill up," cf. πληρώσω, LXX. Still an idiom of the East. Roberts (quoted in the "Biblical Museum") cites many illustrations. The meaning is, not to add to, amplify, but to corroborate. See 1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 8:15, 24) thy words.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then,
הִנֵּ֗ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

while you are still
עוֹדָ֛ךְ (‘ō·w·ḏāḵ)
Adverb | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

speaking
מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת (mə·ḏab·be·reṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

the king,
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

I will
וַאֲנִי֙ (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

come in
אָב֣וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

after you
אַחֲרַ֔יִךְ (’a·ḥă·ra·yiḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

and confirm
וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י (ū·mil·lê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

your words.”
דְּבָרָֽיִךְ׃ (də·ḇā·rā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


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