1 Kings 1:18
18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.
Other Translations of 1 Kings 1:18
King James Version
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
English Standard Version
18 And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.
The Message
18 And now look what's happened - Adonijah has taken over as king, and my master the king doesn't even know it!
New King James Version
18 So now, look! Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know about it.
New Living Translation
18 But instead, Adonijah has made himself king, and my lord the king does not even know about it.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 1:18
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11-31
(Read 1 Kings 1:11-31)
Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Revelation 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.