1 Kings 1:27

Did you, as the king, say that they should do this without telling your other officials who you want to become king [MTY] after you are no longer the king?”

Translation for Translators

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 he did not invite me or Zadok the priest or Benaiah or Solomon.

28Then after Nathan left the room, King David said to one of his servants, “Tell Bathsheba to come in here again.” So he went and told her, and she came in and stood in front of the king.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:24Then Nathan said, “Your Majesty, have you declared that Adonijah will become king after you are no longer the king?

1 Chronicles 23:1David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.

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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