1 Kings 1:23 Parallel Translations

The servants told the king, "The prophet Nathan is here." When he came to the king, he bowed down in front of him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

ASV:

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

BBE:

And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

DBY:

And they told the king saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

ERV:

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

JPS:

And they told the king, saying: 'Behold Nathan the prophet.' And when he was come in before the king, he bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

WBS:

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

WEB:

They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

YLT:

and they declare to the king, saying, 'Lo, Nathan the prophet;' and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth.

1 Kings 1:23 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 1:22 Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

1 Kings 1:24 Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne '? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face {l} to the ground.
(l) Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy king appointed by God, as the figure of his Christ.

MHC:

1:11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Re 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.

CONC:

Behold Bowed Boweth Declare Face Ground Nathan Prophet Prostrated Saying

Bowed Boweth Declare Earth Face Ground Nathan Prophet Prostrated

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