King James Version
1 Kings 1:22 in the King James Version says “And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.”
1 Kings 1:22 · KJV
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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. offenders: Heb. sinners
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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.
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“And lo while she yet talked”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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