1 Kings 1:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Kings 1:30 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
Download image
Cite this verse

1 Kings 1:30 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/1-kings/1/30.

Show BibTeX & RIS
BibTeX
RIS
English Translation
most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Download a study sheet

One document with this verse’s original text, its word-by-word gloss line, the meaning frame, cross-references with their text, attributed commentary, and full source and license credits — printable, and it pastes into notes with its structure intact.

This verse Autodidact and up

Study sheet (.html) Plain text (.txt)

A passage Seminary Student

Up to 50 verses in one chapter. A passage sheet keeps up to 6 commentary sources and 12 cross-references per verse, in the order this page ranks them, and says so on the sheet whenever that leaves anything out. Ask for a single verse and you get the Autodidact verse sheet above.

Everything on this page stays free to read, with no account — the sheet is a download of what is already on screen, not access to it.

Want to remove ads? Support Godless Engineer
Compare translations 3

The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.

  • World English Bible Public Domain
    most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    that just as I swore to you by Yahweh the God of Israel, saying, ‘Surely Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place,’ surely thus I will do this day.”

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

Versions to compare (up to 4)

3 of 4 selected

Show all 18 translations

Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.

  • World English Bible Public Domain
    most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    verily as I sware unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    That as I sware vnto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and hee shall sit vpon my throne in my place, so will I certainely doe this day.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Even as I swore to thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    surely as I sware to thee by Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne in my stead; surely so I do this day.'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    surely as I swore to you by YHWH, God of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon reigns after me, and he sits on my throne in my stead; surely so I do this day.”
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    as I vowed to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, 'Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place,' I will do this today.”
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    that just as I swore to you by Yahweh the God of Israel, saying, ‘Surely Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place,’ surely thus I will do this day.”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    even as I swore to thee by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    most certainly as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Even as I swore to 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.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    telling you Solomon your son will be the next king and he will sit on my throne instead of me—I swear I will do this today.”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    verily as I swore unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.'

Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).

Word by word

More ways to search: Search by grammar → Find every occurrence → Compare this word →

Practice this passage: Drill this verse → Learn its vocabulary →

כִּסְאִ֖י
kiççêʼ
H3678
“throne · my”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3680

TWOT: 1007

seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool - seat (of honour), throne - royal dignity, authority, power (figuratively)
  1. כִּ֡י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  2. כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ ʼăsher H834 “like/as · which” Preposition + Particle, Relative
  3. נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי shâbaʻ H7650 “to swear” Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  4. בַּיהוָ֨ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “in/at · LORD” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  5. אֱלֹהֵ֤י ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  6. יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper
  7. לֵאמֹ֔ר ʼâmar H559 “to say” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  8. כִּֽי kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  9. שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה Shᵉlômôh H8010 “Solomon” Noun, Proper
  10. בְנֵךְ֙ bên H1121 “son · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Feminine, Singular
  11. יִמְלֹ֣ךְ mâlak H4427 “to reign” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  12. אַחֲרַ֔י ʼachar H310 “after · me” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  13. וְה֛וּא hûwʼ H1931 “and · he” Conjunction + Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  14. יֵשֵׁ֥ב yâshab H3427 “to dwell” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  15. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  16. תַּחְתָּ֑י tachath H8478 “under · me” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  17. כִּ֛י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  18. כֵּ֥ן kên H3651 “thus” Particle, Demonstrative
  19. אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  20. הַיּ֥וֹם yôwm H3117 “the · day” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  21. הַזֶּֽה zeh H2088 “the · this” Particle, Definite Article + Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

23
words
20
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 5 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 2 pronouns
  • 4 prepositions
  • 3 conjunctions
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי Niphal · Perfect
  • לֵאמֹ֔ר Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • יִמְלֹ֣ךְ Qal · Imperfect
  • יֵשֵׁ֥ב Qal · Imperfect
  • אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • כִּ֡י that H3588 ×3

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 40 words from the Hebrew and 35 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 23 Hebrew tokens and 33 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

2

Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 1:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 1:13 Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
  • 1 Kings 1:17 She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 1 Kings 1:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי לָ֜ךְ בַּיהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּֽי שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בְנֵךְ֙ יִמְלֹ֣ךְ אַחֲרַ֔י וְה֛וּא יֵשֵׁ֥ב עַל כִּסְאִ֖י תַּחְתָּ֑י כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Kings 1:30 Septuagint · lemma form

ὅτι καθώς ὄμνυμι σύ ἐν κύριος ὁ θεός ἰσραήλ λέγω ὅτι σαλωμών ὁ υἱός σύ βασιλεύω μετά ἐγώ καί αὐτός καταἵημι ἐπί ὁ θρόνος ἐγώ ἀντί ἐγώ ὅτι οὕτως ποιέω ὁ ἡμέρα οὗτος

as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

1

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    אֲרֵי כְּמָא דְקַיֵמִית לָךְ בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימָר אֲרֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בְרִיךְ יִמְלוֹךְ בַּתְרַי וְהוּא יִתֵּיב עַל כּוּרְסֵי מַלְכוּתִי תְּחוֹתִי אֲרֵי כֵּן אַעְבֵּיד יוֹמָא הָדֵין:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 1 Kings 1:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ki 1:30 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.

Ver. 30. Even so will I certainly do this day.] Before tomorrow: for the business requireth expedition, since,

“ sero medicina paratur,

Cum mala per longas invaluere moras. ” - Ovid.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Moved by the Spirit of God so to do, because he foresaw that Solomon should be the figure of Christ.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

30. the Lord God of Israel] R.V. ‘the Lord, the God of Israel,’ as demanded by the Hebrew construction, here and elsewhere.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel,.... And so owns and confirms the truth of what Nathan had suggested to Bathsheba, and she had asserted, Kg1 1:13;

saying, assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; this was the substance of the oath:

even so will I certainly do this day; perform this oath, and set Solomon on the throne.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Heb. yK that, often prefixed to the oratio directa; not lending any emphasis (= immo), as Keil says the first and third yK of this verse do, but in English simply redundant. See on vers. 13, 17 Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne same words as in vers. 13, 17, 24. These close repetitions are the habit of the East in my stead, even so Heb. that so will I (certainly not in Hebrews do this day.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 23 words (20 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kiççêʼ (“throne”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “throne” (kiççêʼ) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does 1 Kings 1:13, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “that” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי» is a Niphal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

Reading settings

Reading text

Shown beneath each verse's original-language words.

Old Testament
Old Testament edition

Read the OT as the Masoretic Hebrew (MT) or the Greek Septuagint (LXX).

English shown for the Greek Septuagint (in the Hebrew ↔ Greek comparison).

Comparing translations? Open the Compare panel on any verse page to stack up to four side by side.