1 Kings 1:27
in 1 Kings 1Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
KJV
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?
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
Adonijah shall reign after me
on 1 Kings 1:24-27
Nathan's report matches Bathsheba's in every detail and adds one line she did not use, that the guests are eating and drinking before Adonijah and crying God save king Adonijah, the same acclamation formula that will greet Solomon at Gihon within the hour. He frames his own exclusion, with Zadok's, Benaiah's and Solomon's, as a question rather than an accusation, asking whether this was done by David's own order. The question forces David to either own the coronation or disown it, and he answers in the next verse.
This site's exposition
without informing your servant
Nathan asks as a prophet. John Wesley notes that he had carried God's message about David's successor, and he would expect to hear first if the king had changed his mind. Matthew Henry adds that a yes would make David unfaithful to God's word and to his own.
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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Shewed thy servant - Who, having been an instrument in delivering God's message to thee concerning thy successor, might reasonably expect that if the king had changed his mind, thou wouldest have acquainted me with it, as being both a prophet os the Lord, and one whom thou hast always found faithful to thee.
), " Is this thing done by my lord the king? If it be, he is not so faithful either to God's word or to his own as we all took him to be; if it be not, it is high time that we witness against the usurpation, and declare Solomon his successor.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִ֗ם | ʾim | <if>? | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מֵאֵת֙ | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲדֹנִ֣י | ʾadoni | lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| נִהְיָ֖ה | nihyah | has it occurred | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַדָּבָ֣ר | hadavar | the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹדַ֙עְתָּ֙ | hoda'ta | you made known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֔ | avdeikha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| מִ֗י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| יֵשֵׁ֛ב | yeshev | will he sit | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסֵּ֥א | kise' | [the] throne of | H3678 → | 135 times |
| אֲדֹנִֽי־ | ʾadoni- | lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַחֲרָֽיו׃ ס | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
אִ֗ם<if>?
ʾimH518 →1069 times
מֵאֵת֙from with
meetH854 →929 times
אֲדֹנִ֣יlord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
נִהְיָ֖הhas it occurred
nihyahH1961 →3559 times
הַדָּבָ֣רthe matter
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹדַ֙עְתָּ֙you made known
hoda'taH3045 →945 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your
avdeikhaH5650 →799 times
מִ֗יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
יֵשֵׁ֛בwill he sit
yeshevH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסֵּ֥א[the] throne of
kise'H3678 →135 times
אֲדֹנִֽי־lord my
ʾadoni-H113 →333 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אַחֲרָֽיו׃ סafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
it leads to
- Psalms 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9–12
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- Matthew 13:11
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- Colossians 1:26
the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
- Psalms 25:14
Through
2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
- Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Matthew 15:23
But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
- 2 Samuel 7:3
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.