1 Kings 1:16

16 Bathsheba bowed low. She got down on her knees in front of the king. "What do you want?" the king asked.

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 talking to the king, I'll come in. I'll tell him that what you have said is true."

15 So Bathsheba went to see the old king in his room. Abishag, the Shunammite, was taking care of him there.

16 Bathsheba bowed low. She got down on her knees in front of the king. "What do you want?" the king asked.

17 She said to him, "My master, you took an oath in the name of the LORD your God. You promised me, 'Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne.'

18 "But now Adonijah has made himself king. And you don't even know about it.