1 Kings 1:16

16 And Bathsheba bowed and worshipped the king. And the king said, What dost thou desire?

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 while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee and finish thy words.

15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag, the Shunammite, ministered unto the king.

16 And Bathsheba bowed and worshipped the king. And the king said, What dost thou desire?

17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou didst sware by the LORD thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne;

18 and now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, thou dost not know it.