World English Bible
1 Kings 1:20
“You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 1
18
Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.
19
He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
20
You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22
Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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