1 Kings 1:29

29 Then he said to her, "I promise you by the living Lord, who has rescued me from all my troubles,

1 Kings 1:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:29

And the king sware
To his former oath, he added another for greater confirmation:

and said, [as] the Lord liveth;
which was the proper form of an oath, which ought to be taken by the living God; and as what would lay him under the greater obligation to observe it, he adds,

that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress;
saved his life when in the most imminent danger; delivered him out of the hand of Goliath, and from the Philistines and other enemies, in his wars with them; and from Saul and his persecuting rage and fury, and from the rebellion of his son Absalom, and the insurrection of Sheba.

1 Kings 1:29 In-Context

27 Did Your Majesty approve all this and not even tell your officials who is to succeed you as king?"

28 King David said, "Ask Bathsheba to come back in" - and she came and stood before him.

29 Then he said to her, "I promise you by the living Lord, who has rescued me from all my troubles,

30 that today I will keep the promise I made to you in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, that your son Solomon would succeed me as king."

31 Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!"