1 KINGS 1:12

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.”

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1 Kings 1:12 Translation & Meaning

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Now וְעַתָּ֕ה At this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive Now
therefore come, לְכִ֛י To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) therefore come
let me, I pray thee, נָ֖א 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction let pray
give thee counsel, אִֽיעָצֵ֥ךְ To advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve give counsel
that thou mayest save וּמַלְּטִי֙ Properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks mayest save
thine own life, נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) thine own life
and the life נֶ֥פֶשׁ Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) life
of thy son בְּנֵ֖ךְ A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son
Solomon. שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ Shelomah, David's successor Solomon

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  • 10  But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

  • 11  Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

  • 12  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

  • 13  Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

  • 14  Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.




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