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706 B
you swore to
The form of "you" here is emphatic. Alternate translation: "you yourself swore to"
your servant
Bathsheba speaks as if she were another person to show David that she respects him. See how you translated this in 1 Kings 1:13. Alternate translation: "me, your servant"
Yahweh
This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
he will sit on my throne
Sitting on the throne is a metonym for being king. See how you translated this in 1 Kings 1:13. Alternate translation: "he will be king just as I was" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)