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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And while you are still talking with him, I will come and confirm everything you have said.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and fully confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I&#8217ll come in after you and confirm your words.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />While you are still talking to David, I'll come in and tell him that everything you said is true. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />And while you're still there talking to the king, I'll come in and confirm what you have said."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And Nathan added, "Then, while you are still talking with King David, I will come in and confirm your story." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then, while you are still talking to the king, I'll come in after you and verify your statement."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And look, while you are still there speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, while thou art yet talking there with the king, I will also come in after thee, and confirm thy words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, you are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after you, and have completed your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, thou are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after thee, and have completed thy words.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold thee yet speaking with the king, and I will come in after thee and complete thy words.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And while you are still speaking with the king there, I will enter after you, and I will complete your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And while you are still there speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And, while you are still speaking there in the presence of the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And while you are speaking there before the King, I shall come after you and I shall confirm your words.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And behold, while thou art still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and will confirm thy words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/1-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=143" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Nathan and Bathsheba Before David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Go 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?’ <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Then,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·w·ḏāḵ (Adv:: 2fs) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">while you are still</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: mə·ḏab·be·reṯ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-fs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">speaking</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I will</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ’ā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come in</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·ra·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mil·lê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">and confirm</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·rā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">your words.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">1 Kings 2:15-25</a></span><br />“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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/15-34.htm">2 Samuel 15:34-37</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/17-15.htm">2 Samuel 17:15-16</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-9.htm">1 Chronicles 22:9-10</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">1 Chronicles 29:22-25</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-13.htm">1 Kings 2:13-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-22.htm">1 Kings 2:22-24</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-6.htm">1 Kings 3:6-7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11-13</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-30.htm">1 Kings 11:30-31</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">1 Kings 14:7-8</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.</p><p class="hdg">I also</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">1 Kings 1:17-27</a></b></br> And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, <i>saying</i>, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/13-1.htm">2 Corinthians 13:1</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the third <i>time</i> I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.</p><p class="hdg">confirm [heb] fill up </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/3-18.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-13.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-43.htm">Story</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/judges/6-17.htm">Talkest</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-36.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-31.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Story</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-2.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/john/4-27.htm">Talkest</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-42.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm">By the council of Nathan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm">Bathsheba moves the king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm">And Nathan seconds her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm">David renews his oath to Bathsheba</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">Solomon, by David's appointment, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm">Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then, while you are still there speaking with the king,</b><br>This phrase occurs during a critical moment in Israel's history. King David is old and frail, and the succession of the throne is uncertain. Nathan the prophet is speaking to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, about approaching King David to ensure Solomon's succession. The urgency in Nathan's plan reflects the political tension and the need for swift action to prevent Adonijah, David's other son, from seizing the throne. This highlights the importance of divine guidance and prophetic intervention in the leadership of Israel, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>I will come in after you</b><br>Nathan's strategy involves a coordinated effort with Bathsheba to influence King David's decision. This reflects the cultural and historical context where royal decisions were often influenced by close advisors and family members. The role of prophets like Nathan was crucial in guiding the king according to God's will. This also underscores the theme of divine providence working through human actions, a recurring theme in the biblical narrative.<p><b>and confirm your words.”</b><br>Nathan's promise to confirm Bathsheba's words emphasizes the importance of establishing truth and legitimacy in the royal court. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the testimony of multiple witnesses was often required to confirm a matter, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Deuteronomy 19:15</a>. This reflects the biblical principle of establishing truth through the testimony of two or three witnesses, which is echoed in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/18-16.htm">Matthew 18:16</a>). Nathan's role as a prophet also points to the need for divine confirmation in matters of leadership and succession, prefiguring the ultimate confirmation of Jesus Christ as the rightful King and Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bathsheba.htm">Bathsheba</a></b><br>The wife of King David and mother of Solomon. She plays a crucial role in ensuring Solomon's succession to the throne.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan_the_prophet.htm">Nathan the Prophet</a></b><br>A trusted prophet and advisor to King David, who supports Solomon's claim to the throne and orchestrates the plan to inform David.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_david.htm">King David</a></b><br>The aging king of Israel, whose decision is pivotal in determining the next ruler.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/adonijah.htm">Adonijah</a></b><br>David's son who attempts to usurp the throne without his father's blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Israel, where these events unfold, highlighting its significance as the political and spiritual center.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_counsel.htm">The Importance of Godly Counsel</a></b><br>Nathan's role emphasizes the value of seeking and heeding wise, godly advice in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_advocacy.htm">Courage in Advocacy</a></b><br>Bathsheba's approach to David demonstrates the courage required to advocate for truth and justice, even in challenging circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing_and_intervention.htm">Divine Timing and Intervention</a></b><br>The coordinated plan between Nathan and Bathsheba illustrates how God can use timing and collaboration to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Nathan's involvement highlights the prophetic role in guiding and correcting leaders according to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_promises.htm">Faithfulness to God's Promises</a></b><br>The account underscores the importance of remaining faithful to God's promises, as seen in the preservation of Solomon's rightful place as king.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_morning_star_in_the_bible.htm">Who is the morning star in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_consult_huldah_over_others_in_2_kings.htm">Why is Huldah consulted instead of more prominent prophets in 2 Kings 22:14-20, and what does this imply about the narrative's historical credibility?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_ahijah_recognize_jeroboam's_wife.htm">How could Ahijah, who was nearly blind (1 Kings 14:4-5), immediately recognize Jeroboam's wife in disguise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_king_hiram_honor_israel's_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:11-12, why does Tyrian King Hiram express devotion to Israel's God when no independent Tyrian records verify such reverence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">While thou yet talkest.</span>--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 <a href="/context/esther/4-10.htm" title="Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment to Mordecai;">Esther 4:10-16</a>, the picture of the still more unapproachable royalty of Persia.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, while thou yet talkest there</span> [the original is more graphic, "thou art yet talking... and I"] <span class="cmt_word">with the king, I also win come after thee and confirm</span> [marg., "fill up," cf. <span class="greek">πληρώσω</span>, 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 <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-15.htm">1 Kings 8:15, 24</a>) <span class="cmt_word">thy words.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/1-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while you are still</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹדָ֛ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·ḏāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">speaking</span><br /><span class="heb">מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḏab·be·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come in</span><br /><span class="heb">אָב֣וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·ra·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and confirm</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִלֵּאתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mil·lê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your words.”</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבָרָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇā·rā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 1:14 Behold while you yet talk there (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/1-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 1:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 1:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 1:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 1:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>