World English Bible
1 Kings 1:35
“Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 1
The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live king Solomon!
Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.
As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
About 1 Kings
Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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