1st Kings Chapter 1 verse 22 Holy Bible
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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And behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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And lo, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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And lo, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet hath come in;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. [Hebrews cam, i.e., to the palace. "Came in" almost implies that he entered the room, which he did not till summoned (ver. 23). Observe, Nathan's words convey no suggestio falsi. He does not deny a previous interview with Bathsheba, nor does he confess it. If there is an appearance of artifice, there was no intention to deceive. And the artifice, such as it was, was not only harmless, but for the public good. Verse 22. - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet [we are scarcely justified in seeing in this "solemn announcement of his approach" an "indication of the consideration in which he was held" (Stanley). It is difficult to see how otherwise he could be announced. It is clear that he was constantly spoken of as "the prophet" (vers. 10, 22, 34, 38, etc. Cf. 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 12:25]. And when he was come in before [Hebrews and he came before - three words instead of six] the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground [see on vers. 16, 20; and cf. ver. 31, where we have a similar expression. "In the Assyrian sculptures, ambassadors are represented with their faces actually touching the earth before the feet of the monarch" (Rawlinson). This profound reverence on the part of Nathan is the more remarkable, when we remember how he had once denounced David to his face (1 Samuel 12:7)].
