1 Kings 1:16

16 Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

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 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.

15 Bat-Sheva went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Avishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

16 Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

17 She said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Shlomo your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

18 Now, behold, Adoniyahu reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it: