Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors."
New American Standard Bible
Otherwise it will come about,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers,
A Conservative Version
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered
Bible in Basic English
For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
Darby Translation
Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.
Julia Smith Translation
And being when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, I and my son Solomon being the sinful.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be [considered as] sinners."
Modern King James verseion
And it will be, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, my son Solomon and I shall be offenders.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For else when my lord the king is laid to rest with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be sinners."
NET Bible
If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals."
New Heart English Bible
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals."
The Emphasized Bible
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, then shall I and my son Solomon be counted, offenders.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon -- reckoned sinners.'
Themes
Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother
intercession » Instances of » Bath-sheba » For solomon
Kings » Should be » Reverenced
Politics » Ministers in » Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of david's successor
Politics » Women in » Bath-sheba, in securing the crown for solomon
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adonijah Tries To Become King
20 And as for you, your majesty, everyone in Israel is looking to you to tell them who will sit on your majesty's throne after you. 21 Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors." 22 While she was still talking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
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Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:16
Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.
1 Kings 2:10
After this, David died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried in the City of David.
Genesis 15:15
Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age.
2 Samuel 7:12
""The LORD also announces to you: "The LORD will himself build a house for you. When your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come forth from your body, and I will fortify his kingdom.
1 Kings 2:15
So he replied, "You know that the kingdom should have come to me, and that everyone in Israel intended to place me as the next king. However, the kingdom has turned around and now belongs to my brother, because it went to him from the LORD.
1 Kings 2:22-24
But King Solomon replied to his mother, "Why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not ask me to give up the kingdom for him, since he's my older brother, and why not ask for Abiathar the priest, and for Zeruiah's son Joab?"