1 Kings 1:18
Good News Translation
But Adonijah has already become king, and you don't know anything about it.

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

Contemporary English Version
But Adonijah has already been made king, and you didn't know anything about it.

New American Bible
But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord king, do not know it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.

Adonijah

1 Kings 1:5,24 And Adonias, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying: I will be king. And he made himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. . . .

2 Samuel 15:10 And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

thou knowest

1 Kings 1:11,24,27 And Nathan said to Bethsabee, the mother of Solomon: Hast thou not heard that Adonias, the son of Haggith, reigneth, and our lord David knoweth it not? . . .

Acts 3:17 And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance: as did also your rulers.

Context
Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
17She answered, and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid, by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. 18And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.19He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the general of the army: but Solomon, thy servant, he invited not.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:17
She answered, and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid, by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

1 Kings 1:19
He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the general of the army: but Solomon, thy servant, he invited not.

1 Kings 1:17
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