1 Kings 1:36

and said, Amen Expressing as usual a prayer -So let it be"; but at the same time expressing concurrence with all the king had said and a determination to carry his orders into effect. Thus the word implies also -So it shall be." But there is immediately subjoined -the Lord God of my lord the king sayso too," implying that though David might plan and his servants labour for this end it would not be brought about except with God's will. The sentence may be compared with Jeremiah (Jeremiah 28:6), where the words are -The prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord doso"; a reading which one or two MSS give here, but no doubt only as a gloss.

the Lord God of my lord R.V. -the Lord, the God of my lord." See above on 1 Kings 1:30.