1 Kings 1:16

16 Bathsheba bowed down on her face before the king. The king 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 speaking there with the king, I'll come along and support your words."

15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. The king was very old, and Abishag from Shunem was serving the king.

16 Bathsheba bowed down on her face before the king. The king asked, "What do you want?"

17 She said to him, "Your Majesty, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne.'

18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king, and my master the king doesn't know about it.