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?”
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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?”
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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?
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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?'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 1:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 1:24 Nathan said, “My lord, king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’
- 2 Kings 4:27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
- John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, that he ought in such affairs enterprise nothing…
Meaning, that he ought in such affairs enterprise nothing except he had consulted with the Lord.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord…
1Ki 1:27 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?
Ver. 27. And thou hast not showed it, &c.] See on 1Ki 1:23.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; who,…
Thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; who, having been an instrument in delivering God’s message to thee concerning thy successor, might reasonably expect that if the king had changed his mind, or God had since made some revelation contrary to the former, thou wouldst have acquainted me with it, as being both a prophet of the Lord, and one whom thou hast always found faithful to thee, and to whom thou hast used to communicate thy secret counsels.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Is this thing done by my lord the king,....…
Is this thing done by my lord the king,.... With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:
and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; meaning himself, who had brought him a message from the Lord, signifying that Solomon should succeed him; and therefore if that had been countermanded, it seemed strange that he should not have acquainted him with it: or "to thy servants", as the Arabic version; for the word has a plural ending, though pointed as singular; and so it may mean not only himself, but the rest of David's faithful servants that were about him at court, as Kimchi observes:
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who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? if he had altered his mind, or had had any direction from the Lord to make any change, he wondered at it that he should neither acquaint him, nor any of his trusty friends, with it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shewed thy servant - Who, having been an instrument…
Shewed thy servant - Who, having been an instrument in delivering God's message to thee concerning thy successor, might reasonably expect that if the king had changed his mind, thou wouldest have acquainted me with it, as being both a prophet os the Lord, and one whom thou hast always found faithful to thee.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. shewed it unto thy servant] There is a…
27. shewed it unto thy servant] There is a various reading, ‘thy servants,’ but the A. V. gives the better sense. There was a special reason why Nathan should know of all that was done in respect of the succession, which did not apply to the rest of David’s court.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Is this thing done an, or perhaps, num, "Is…
Is this thing done an, or perhaps, num, "Is it then the ease 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 (2Sa_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. Then the king answered and said He simply echoes the exact words of the mother. This is clear from the fact that the word dWly; natus, "the one born," here and in ver. 26 rendered child," is a very unusual one, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it The LXX, which reads "Give the child to her who said, Give it to her," etc., obscures the evidently designed repetition she is the mother thereof Heb. she, his mother.
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