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1 Kings 2:19

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And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.	Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.	Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Bathsheba^H1339 therefore went^H935 unto king^H4428 Solomon^H8010, to speak^H1696 unto him for Adonijah^H138. And the king^H4428 rose up^H6965 to meet^H7125 her, and bowed^H7812 himself unto her, and sat down^H3427 on his throne^H3678, and caused a seat^H3678 to be set^H7760 for the king's^H4428 mother^H517; and she sat^H3427 on his right hand^H3225.

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Original Hebrew

וַתָּבֹא בַת־שֶׁבַע אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה לְדַבֶּר־לֹו עַל־אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ וַיָּקָם הַמֶּלֶךְ לִקְרָאתָהּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהּ וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־כִּסְאֹו וַיָּשֶׂם כִּסֵּא לְאֵם הַמֶּלֶךְ וַתֵּשֶׁב לִימִינֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תָּבֹ֤א	va./ta.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she went
בַת	vat-	H1339	HNp	Bath-
שֶׁ֨בַע֙	she.va'	H1339	HAcfsa	-sheba
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	H8010	HNp	Solomon
לְ/דַבֶּר	le./da.ber-	H1696	HR/Vpc	to/ speak
ל֖/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
אֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ	'a.do.ni.Ya.hu	H138	HNp	Adonijah
וַ/יָּקָם֩	va/i.ya.Kam	H6965	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he rose
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
לִ/קְרָאתָ֜/הּ	li/k.ra.Ta/h	H7125	HR/Vqc/Sp3fs	to/ meet/ her
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֣חוּ	va/i.yish.Ta.chu	H7812	HC/Vtw3ms	and/ he bowed down
לָ֗/הּ	La/h		HR/Sp3fs	to/ her
וַ/יֵּ֨שֶׁב֙	va/i.Ye.shev	H3427	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sat
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
כִּסְא֔/וֹ	kis.'/O	H3678	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	throne/ his
וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם	va/i.Ya.sem	H7760	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he placed
כִּסֵּא֙	ki.Se'	H3678	HNcmsa	a throne
לְ/אֵ֣ם	le./'Em	H517	HR/Ncfsc	for/ (the) mother of
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
וַ/תֵּ֖שֶׁב	va./Te.shev	H3427	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she sat
לִֽ/ימִינֽ/וֹ	li./mi.n/o	H3225	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	to/ right (hand)/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H138 — אֲדֹנִיָּה (ʼĂdônîyâh, ad-o-nee-yaw'): original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ; from אָדוֹן and יָהּ; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites; Adonijah.
• H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1339 — בַּת־שֶׁבַע (Bath-Shebaʻ, bath-sheh'-bah): from בַּת and שֶׁבַע (in the sense of שָׁבַע); daughter of an oath; Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon; Bath-sheba.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H3225 — יָמִין (yâmîyn, yaw-meen'): from יָמַן; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south; [phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3678 — כִּסֵּא (kiççêʼ, kis-say'): or כִּסֵּה; from כָּסָה; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied); seat, stool, throne.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H7125 — קִרְאָה (qirʼâh, keer-aw'): from קָרָא; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite); [idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
• H7812 — שָׁחָה (shâchâh, shaw-khaw'): a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God); bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
• H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• rose up — Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 19:32
• she sat — Psalms 45:9, Psalms 110:1, Matthew 25:33

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 31:35, Genesis 48:12, Exodus 18:7, Proverbs 31:28, Matthew 20:21

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: YOUNG PEOPLE
• Torrey’s: ALTARS, HANDS, THE, KINGS
• Nave’s: ABISHAG, ADONIJAH, BATH-SHEBA (BATHSHEBA), CHILDREN, INTERCESSION, SHUNAMMITE, THRONE

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