1 Kings 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But now suddenly Adonijah has become king, though you, my lord the king, do not know it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:10

But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then shout: Absalom has become king at Hebron!”

1 Kings 1:11

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it?

1 Kings 1:17

She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne.’

1 Kings 1:19

He has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance and has invited all the children of the king, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army, but your servant Solomon he has not invited.

1 Kings 1:24

Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne’?

1 Kings 1:27

Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

1 Kings 1:5

Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” He prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Acts 3:17

“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.