1 Kings 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

Assuredly

1 Kings 1:11

1 Chronicles 22:6

Sit

General references

1 Kings 1:46

Proverbs 4:3

Bible References

Assuredly

Then Nathan asked Solomon's mother Bathsheba: Have you heard that Adonijah, Haggith's son, has become king, and our master David does not even know about it?

Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Sit

She answered: Your Majesty, you made me a solemn promise in the name of Jehovah your God that my son Solomon would be king after you.

Solomon succeeded his father David as king. His royal power was firmly established.

When he first sits on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll taken in the presence of the Levitical priests.

So Solomon succeeded his father David on the throne Jehovah had established. He was a successful king, and the whole nation of Israel obeyed him.

Jehovah swore an oath to David: This is a truth he will not take back: I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, with the Levitical priests as my ministers.

He will be great. He will be called the Son of the Most High. Jehovah God will give him the throne of his father David. (Isaiah 11:1-10)

General references

Solomon is seated on the royal throne.

I was my father's son, tender and the only son to my mother.