1 Kings 1:21 “Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son…”

1 Kings 1:21

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

World English Bible

Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”

American Standard Version

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

Geneva Bible 1599

For els when my lord the King shall sleepe with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomon shalbe reputed vile.

Darby Translation

Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.

Young's Literal Translation

and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon — [reckoned] sinners.'

Bible in Basic English

For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

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Cross references

“sleep”

1 Kings 2:10 Deuteronomy 31:16 Genesis 15:15

1 Kings 2:10 · BSB

Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant…

Genesis 15:15 · BSB

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

“offenders”

1 Kings 2:15 1 Kings 2:22–24

1 Kings 2:15 · BSB

“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

1 Kings 2:22–24 · BSB

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zerui…

Also

2 Samuel 7:12

2 Samuel 7:12 · BSB

And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

22And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

Read 1 Kings 1