1 Kings 1:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 1:24

“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

KJV

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hast thou said - Thou hast said. In the original no question is asked. Nathan assumes, as far as words go, that the king has made this declaration. He wishes to draw forth a disclaimer.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Adonijah, in common with the people generally, expected that this natural arrangement should be followed in the Hebrew kingdom as in all others. Nathan, who was aware of the old king's solemn promise to Solomon, and, moreover, that this promise was sanctioned by the divine will, saw that no time was to be lost.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֮	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
נָתָן֒	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
אֲדֹנִ֣י	'a.do.Ni	O lord my	H113 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
אָמַ֔רְתָּ	'a.Mar.ta	have you said?	H559 →
אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ	'a.do.ni.Ya.hu	Adonijah	H138 →
יִמְלֹ֣ךְ	yim.Lokh	he will reign	H4427 →
אַחֲרָ֑י	'a.cha.Rai	after me	H310 →
וְה֖וּא	ve.Hu'	and he	H1931 →
יֵשֵׁ֥ב	ye.Shev	he will sit	H3427 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
כִּסְאִֽי׃	kis.'I	throne my	H3678 →

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Where the connections lead

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1 Kings 1:5
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:1
  Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 2 Samuel 3:4
  his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
- 1 Kings 1:11
  Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
- Luke 14:11
  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:1
  Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for…