1 Kings 1:22
New International Version
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

New Living Translation
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

English Standard Version
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Berean Standard Bible
And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

King James Bible
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

New King James Version
And just then, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

New American Standard Bible
And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

NASB 1995
Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

NASB 1977
And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Amplified Bible
While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Christian Standard Bible
At that moment, while she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan arrived,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that moment, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived,

American Standard Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And while she was speaking, also Nathan the Prophet came before the King.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king,

Contemporary English Version
Just then, Nathan the prophet arrived.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came.

English Revised Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
While she was still talking to the king, the prophet Nathan arrived.

Good News Translation
She was still speaking, when Nathan arrived at the palace.

International Standard Version
While she was still talking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Literal Standard Version
And behold, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet has come in;

Majority Standard Bible
And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

New American Bible
While she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

NET Bible
Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

New Revised Standard Version
While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan came in.

New Heart English Bible
And look, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Webster's Bible Translation
And lo, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

World English Bible
Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet hath come in;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.” 22And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. 23So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent."

1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals."

1 Kings 1:23
So the king was told, "Nathan the prophet is here." And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.


Treasury of Scripture

And, see, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

Genesis 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Job 1:16-18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee…

Daniel 9:20
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

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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














Verse 22. - And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. [Hebrews cam, i.e., to the palace. "Came in" almost implies that he entered the room, which he did not till summoned (ver. 23). Observe, Nathan's words convey no suggestio falsi. He does not deny a previous interview with Bathsheba, nor does he confess it. If there is an appearance of artifice, there was no intention to deceive. And the artifice, such as it was, was not only harmless, but for the public good. Verse 22. - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet [we are scarcely justified in seeing in this "solemn announcement of his approach" an "indication of the consideration in which he was held" (Stanley). It is difficult to see how otherwise he could be announced. It is clear that he was constantly spoken of as "the prophet" (vers. 10, 22, 34, 38, etc. Cf. 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 12:25]. And when he was come in before [Hebrews and he came before - three words instead of six] the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground [see on vers. 16, 20; and cf. ver. 31, where we have a similar expression. "In the Assyrian sculptures, ambassadors are represented with their faces actually touching the earth before the feet of the monarch" (Rawlinson). This profound reverence on the part of Nathan is the more remarkable, when we remember how he had once denounced David to his face (1 Samuel 12:7)].

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And just then,
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

while [Bathsheba] was still
עוֹדֶ֥נָּה (‘ō·w·ḏen·nāh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

speaking
מְדַבֶּ֖רֶת (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

Nathan
וְנָתָ֥ן (wə·nā·ṯān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5416: Nathan -- the name of a number of Israelites

the prophet
הַנָּבִ֖יא (han·nā·ḇî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

arrived.
בָּֽא׃ (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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