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1 Kings 1:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Nathan confirms the succession crisis.”
Nathan arrives while she is still speaking
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 1:22–27. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 1:22–27
Read 1 Kings 1:22 with 1:22–27. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Brings Nathan into the chamber at the moment promised in his plan; presses David to say whether he approved the succession without informing his servants.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Nathan confirms the succession crisis,” 1 Kings 1:22 opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech through the wording “And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 1:15–21 establishes this prior movement: Places Bathsheba, the aged David, and the serving Abishag together in the royal chamber; names the lethal political risk Bathsheba and Solomon anticipate after David's death. 1 Kings 1:22–27 continues the same royal, temple, household, prophetic, or military movement; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 1:22–27 together
Why these verses belong together: Nathan confirms the succession crisis is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 1:22–1:27.
Verse 22. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
Verse 23. 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 to the ground.
Verse 24. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
Verse 25. 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
Verse 26. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Verse 27. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
What Remains True
Public power and worship remain accountable to truth, covenant faithfulness, affected people, and consequences rather than title, success, wealth, or majority support. This unit tests that truth through brings Nathan into the chamber at the moment promised in his plan; presses David to say whether he approved the succession without informing his servants. In 1 Kings 1:22, the concrete line “And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 1:22–27 — Nathan confirms the succession crisisSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 1:22–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:22–27
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 584–586, translation and translator notes for 1:22–27
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