Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Kings 1:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “David renews his oath about Solomon.”
David answers Bathsheba, not the rumor
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 1:28–31. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 1:28–31
Read 1 Kings 1:28 with 1:28–31. 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: Shows David recalling Bathsheba so he can answer her directly; records Bathsheba's submission and conventional wish for David's enduring life.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “David renews his oath about Solomon,” 1 Kings 1:28 opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech through the wording “Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 1:22–27 establishes this prior movement: 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. 1 Kings 1:28–31 responds to the pressure, request, or claim already established; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 1:28–31 together
Why these verses belong together: David renews his oath about Solomon is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 1:28–1:31.
Verse 28. 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
Verse 29. 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Verse 30. 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Verse 31. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
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 shows David recalling Bathsheba so he can answer her directly; records Bathsheba's submission and conventional wish for David's enduring life. In 1 Kings 1:28, the concrete line “Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood…” 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 1:28–31 — David renews his oath about SolomonSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 1:28–31, 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 1:28–31
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 1:28–31
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