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1 Kings 1:28-31

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David Makes Solomon King 28Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him. 29The king then took an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

30I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

31Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”