1 Kings 1:28-30
ContextDavid Picks Solomon as His Successor
1:28 King David responded, 1 “Summon Bathsheba!” 2 She came and stood before the king. 3 1:29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me 4 from every danger), 1:30 I will keep 5 today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”