42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, |Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.|


In Context

39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, |Long live king Solomon!|

40 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.

41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, |Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?|

42 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, |Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.|

43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, |Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.

44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule.

1 Kings 1:42 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:42Even as he was speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, "Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:42And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:42While he yet spoke, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonias said to him: Come in, because thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:42While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:42While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said to him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:42He is yet speaking, and lo, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest hath come in, and Adonijah saith, 'Come in, for a man of valour thou art, and thou bearest good tidings.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:42And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in; for you are a valiant man, and bring good tidings.