1 Kings 1:27

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

In Context

26But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

28Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:24And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

1 Chronicles 23:1Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:12-32

David Makes Solomon King. ( b. c. 1015.) 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me,… Read the whole commentary →

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