16Bathsheba bowed low and knelt before the king. "What is it you want?" the king asked.


In Context

13 Go in to King David and say to him, 'My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: "Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?'

14 While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and confirm what you have said."

15 So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him.

16 Bathsheba bowed low and knelt before the king. "What is it you want?" the king asked.

17 She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.'

18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.

1st Kings 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bath- sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, |What would you like?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, 'What — to thee?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What would you?