1 Kings 1:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul. — A characteristic adjuration of David, found also in 2 Samuel 4:9; but now peculiarly appropriate in the old man, who was so near the haven of rest, after all the storms of life. “O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer,” is the climax of his address to God, as the Creator of all things and the ruler of all men, in Psalms 19:14.

1 Kings 1:29

29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,