1 Kings 1:20
Good News Translation
Your Majesty, all the people of Israel are looking to you to tell them who is to succeed you as king.

New Revised Standard Version
But you, my lord the king—the eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Contemporary English Version
Your Majesty, everyone in Israel is waiting for you to announce who will be the next king.

New American Bible
Now, my lord king, all Israel is looking to you to declare to them who is to sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy throne, my lord the king, after thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy throne, my lord the king, after thee.

the eyes

2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee.

Psalm 25:15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.

Psalm 123:2 Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

Zechariah 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Jesus: upon one stone there are seven eyes: behold I will grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will take away the iniquity of that land in one day.

2 Samuel 23:2 The spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me and his word by my tongue.

1 Chronicles 22:8-10 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou cannot not build house to my name, after shedding so much blood before me: . . .

1 Chronicles 28:5,6,10 And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. . . .

1 Chronicles 29:1 And king David said to all the assembly: Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender: and the work is great, for a house is prepared not for man, but for God.

Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
19He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the general of the army: but Solomon, thy servant, he invited not. 20And now, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy throne, my lord the king, after thee.21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I, and my son, Solomon, shall be accounted offenders.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:19
He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the general of the army: but Solomon, thy servant, he invited not.

1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I, and my son, Solomon, shall be accounted offenders.

1 Kings 1:19
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