1 Kings 1:17
ESV
She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
NIV
She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
NASB
So she said to him, 'My lord, you yourself swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Your son Solomon certainly shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
CSB
She replied, "My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.’
NLT
She replied, 'My lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.’
KJV
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
NKJV
Then she said to him, “My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your maidservant, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
What does 1 Kings 1:17 mean?
Bathsheba is reminding an old and frail David of his promise to her. It's unclear how the promise came about. When God gave David the Davidic Covenant, He promised that David's son would build the temple (2 Samuel 7:12–13). This was before David knew Bathsheba, so David didn't know who God meant.After David sinned against Bathsheba and her husband Uriah, Nathan warned him that part of his punishment would be that Bathsheba's baby would die (2 Samuel 12:14–18). David saw how much this affected Bathsheba. Attempting to comfort her, he did as custom dictated and gave her another son. "And the Lord loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So, he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord" (2 Samuel 12:24–25). "Jedidiah" means "beloved of the Lord." More commonly, the boy was called Solomon.
At Solomon's second coronation, David will reveal that God told him Solomon would follow him as king (1 Chronicles 28:5). It may have been at or shortly after his birth when Nathan brought God's message. The Bible doesn't give the specifics. We just know that at some point, God chose Solomon to follow David as king and build the temple. David accepts God's choice so thoroughly that he identifies with it, himself. He had promised Bathsheba that Solomon would be king after him.
However, David's son Adonijah is currently holding his own pre-coronation in open defiance of David's wishes (1 Kings 1:5–10). Bathsheba needs to get David's attention. Nathan coached Bathsheba to approach David in deference, asking, "Did you not…swear to your servant?" (1 Kings 1:13). Bathsheba apparently alters the script, taking the more direct route. She rejects a gentle reminder in favor of a warning of a disaster of kingdom proportions that only David can solve, if he is even able to.
