but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
Parallel translations
- KJV But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
- BSB But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
- NKJV But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or Solomon his brother.
- NASB But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
- NLT But he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the king’s bodyguard or his brother Solomon.
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- 2 Sam 12:24David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
- 2 Sam 12:1–15Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 1 Kgs 1:19He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kgs 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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