1 Kings 1:16

16 Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, "{What do you want}?"^[a]

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 still there speaking with the king, I will enter after you, and {I will confirm your words}."

15 So Bathsheba went to the king in the private room. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunnamite was attending the king.

16 Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, "{What do you want}?"

17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, 'Solomon your son surely shall become king after me, and he will sit upon my throne!'

18 But now, look! Adonijah has become king! And now, my lord the king, you do not know!

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "What [is] for you"