1 Kings 1:16

16 Bathsheba bowed low before 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 And Nathan added, "Then, while you are still talking with King David, I will come in and confirm your story."

15 So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. He was very old, and Abishag, the young woman from Shunem, was taking care of him.

16 Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

17 She answered, "Your Majesty, you made me a solemn promise in the name of the Lord your God that my son Solomon would be king after you.

18 But Adonijah has already become king, and you don't know anything about it.