20You, 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.


In Context

17 She said to him, |My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'

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.

1 Kings 1:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And now, my lord O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy throne, my lord the king, after thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are on thee, to declare to them who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And you, my lord, O 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.