1 Kings 1:16

16 Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. “What is it you want?” the king asked.

1 Kings 1:16 in Other Translations

16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

16 Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"

16 Bathsheba bowed down before the king. “What can I do for you?” he asked her.

16 As Bathsheba bowed low, honoring the king, he said, "What do you want?"

16 Bathsheba bowed down and paid homage to the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

1 Kings 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:16

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king
Not only as being her husband, but her sovereign; and this behaviour might intimate, that she had something to say to him, and more than to inquire of his health:

and the king said, wouldest thou?
what hast thou to say to me? or to ask of me? what is thy will and pleasure, or thine errand to me?

1 Kings 1:16 In-Context

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

15 So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him.

16 Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. “What is it you want?” the king asked.

17 She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’

18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.