Then Nathan said: “My lord the king, did you say: ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’
1 Kings 1:27 - Tree of Life Version Was this thing done by my lord the king, without letting your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is this done by my lord the king and you have not shown your servants who shall succeed my lord the king? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible If this message was from my master the king, you didn’t make it known to your servant. Who should follow you on the throne of my master the king?” Catholic Public Domain Version Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? |
Then Nathan said: “My lord the king, did you say: ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’
But he did not invite me, your servant, Zadok the kohen, Benaiah son of Jehoiada or your servant Solomon.
Then King David answered and said: “Summon Bath-sheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
But when she arrived at the mountain, up to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. Then Gehazi stepped forward to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is bitter within her, yet Adonai has hid it from me and has not told me.”
When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
“I am no longer calling you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. Now I have called you friends, because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.