29 And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
29 The king then took an oath: "As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,
29 And the king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
29 The king solemnly promised, "As God lives, the God who delivered me from every kind of trouble,
29 And the king took an oath and said, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,
29 And the king repeated his vow: "As surely as the Lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 1:29
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11-31
(Read 1 Kings 1:11-31)
Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Revelation 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.