1 Kings 1:27
New International Version
Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

New Living Translation
Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?”

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

Berean Standard Bible
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not told your servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

New American Standard Bible
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

NASB 1995
“Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

NASB 1977
“Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Has this thing happened by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Amplified Bible
If this thing has been done by my lord the king, why have you not shown your servants who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Christian Standard Bible
I’m certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant know who will sit on my lord the king’s throne after him.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I’m certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant know who will sit on my lord the king’s throne after him.”

American Standard Version
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?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Certainly this matter is before you, my Lord King, and you have not shown your Servants who will sit on the throne of my Lord the King after him.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?

Contemporary English Version
Did you say they could do this without telling the rest of us who would be the next king?

Douay-Rheims Bible
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?

English Revised Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Did you allow this to happen without telling me who would sit on your throne next?"

Good News Translation
Did Your Majesty approve all this and not even tell your officials who is to succeed you as king?"

International Standard Version
Were you behind this, your majesty, without letting your servants know who would sit on your majesty's throne after him?"

JPS Tanakh 1917
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not declared unto thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?'

Literal Standard Version
if this thing has been from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who sits on the throne of my lord the king after him.”

Majority Standard Bible
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”

New American Bible
If this was done by order of my lord the king, you did not tell me, your servant, who is to sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.”

NET Bible
Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?"

New Revised Standard Version
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?”

New Heart English Bible
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king, and you haven't told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shown it to thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

World English Bible
Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Young's Literal Translation
if from my lord the king this thing hath been, then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.'

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Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
26But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon. 27Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”

Cross References
1 Kings 1:26
But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:28
Then King David said, "Call in Bathsheba for me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.


Treasury of Scripture

Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not showed it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

and thou

1 Kings 1:24
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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1 Kings 1
1. Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age
5. Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom
11. By the council of Nathan
15. Bathsheba moves the king
22. And Nathan seconds her
28. David renews his oath to Bathsheba
32. Solomon, by David's appointment,
38. being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph
41. Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly
50. Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon














Verse 27. - Is this thing done [אִם = an, or perhaps, num, "Is it then the case that," etc.] by [lit., from with] my lord the king [i.e., with his privity and by his appointment], and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant [Hebrews "made thy servant know." Nathan submits that he has a strong claim (2 Samuel 12:25) to be informed, should there be any change in the king's plans], who should sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him? [Same expression as in ver. 20. The repetition was well calculated to impress upon the king the importance of nominating a successor at once.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Has
אִ֗ם (’im)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

my lord
אֲדֹנִ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

the king
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

let this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

happen
נִהְיָ֖ה (nih·yāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

without
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

informing
הוֹדַ֙עְתָּ֙ (hō·w·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֔ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

who
מִ֗י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

should sit
יֵשֵׁ֛ב (yê·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the throne
כִּסֵּ֥א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

after
אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

my lord
אֲדֹנִֽי־ (’ă·ḏō·nî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

the king?”
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king


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