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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Nathan said, &#8220Have you, my lord the king, declared that Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Nathan asked, “My lord the king, have you decided that Adonijah will be the next king and that he will sit on your throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Nathan said, “My lord, O king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you yourself said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Nathan said, &#8220My lord the king, have you said, &#8216Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne &#8216?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“My lord the king,” Nathan said, “did you say, ‘Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My lord the king,&#8221 Nathan said, &#8220did you say, &#8216Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and said: Your Majesty, did you say that Adonijah would be king? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Nathan said, "Your Majesty, you must have said that Adonijah will be king after you and that he will sit on your throne,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then he said, "Your Majesty, have you announced that Adonijah would succeed you as king? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and asked, "Your majesty, did you say 'Adonijah will be king after me and will sit on my throne'? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?My lord the king,? said Nathan, ?did you say, ?Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Nathan said, "My master, O king, did you announce, 'Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne'?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And Nathan said, "My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Nathan said, “My lord, King, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Nathan says, “My lord, O king, you have said, Adonijah reigns after me, and he sits on my throne;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Nathan saith, 'My lord, O king, thou hast said, Adonijah doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Nathan will say, My lord the king, saidst thou Adonijah shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Nathan said: My lord O king, hast thou said: Let Adonias reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Nathan said: “My lord the king, did you say, ‘Let Adonijah reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Nathan said: “My lord king, did you say, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me and shall sit upon my throne’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne’?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Nathan said: “My Lord King, have you said: “Aduniah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Nathan said: 'My lord, O king, hast thou said: Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Nathan said, My lord, O king, didst thou say, Adonias shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/1-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=239" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/1.htm">Nathan and Bathsheba Before David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">“My lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/5416.htm" title="5416: nā·ṯān (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a number of Isr. From nathan; given; Nathan, the name of five Israelites.">Nathan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“did you</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/138.htm" title="138: ’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Original dadoniyahuw; from 'adown and Yahh; lord of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites.">‘Adonijah</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: yim·lōḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">will reign</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">and he</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yê·šêḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">will sit</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3678.htm" title="3678: kis·’î (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Seat of honor, throne. Or kicceh; from kacah; properly, covered, i.e. A throne.">my throne’?</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">1 Chronicles 29:22-25</a></span><br />That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest. / So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. / All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a></span><br />And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">1 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-22.htm">1 Kings 2:22</a></span><br />King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">1 Kings 2:24</a></span><br />And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a></span><br />And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-6.htm">1 Kings 3:6-7</a></span><br />Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day. / And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/5-5.htm">1 Kings 5:5</a></span><br />So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">1 Kings 8:20</a></span><br />Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-24.htm">2 Samuel 12:24-25</a></span><br />Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child / and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm">2 Samuel 15:10</a></span><br />Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/16-5.htm">2 Samuel 16:5-8</a></span><br />As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses. / He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left. / And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/20-1.htm">2 Samuel 20:1</a></span><br />Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-9.htm">1 Chronicles 22:9-10</a></span><br />But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign. / He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-5.htm">1 Chronicles 28:5-7</a></span><br />And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. / And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father. / I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?</p><p class="hdg">hast thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm">1 Kings 1:14,18</a></b></br> Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words… </p><p class="hdg">reign</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">1 Kings 1:5,13,17</a></b></br> Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/1-18.htm">Adonijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-18.htm">Adoni'jah</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-11.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-23.htm">Nathan</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-17.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-20.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-20.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/1-25.htm">Adonijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm">Adoni'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-35.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">Nathan</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-30.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-30.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-11.htm">By the council of Nathan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-15.htm">Bathsheba moves the king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-22.htm">And Nathan seconds her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm">David renews his oath to Bathsheba</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">Solomon, by David's appointment, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm">Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Nathan is a key figure in David's court, known for his role in confronting David about his sin with Bathsheba (<a href="/2_samuel/12.htm">2 Samuel 12:1-14</a>). His approach here is diplomatic, reflecting the courtly protocol of addressing a reigning monarch. Nathan's involvement underscores the importance of prophetic voices in guiding Israel's leadership, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>“did you say,</b><br>Nathan's question is strategic, designed to clarify David's intentions regarding the succession. This reflects the importance of clear communication in leadership transitions, especially in a monarchy where ambiguity can lead to conflict. The question also implies that Nathan is aware of the political maneuvering by Adonijah and seeks to confirm the king's official stance.<p><b>‘Adonijah will reign after me,</b><br>Adonijah, David's fourth son, is attempting to claim the throne without David's explicit endorsement. This phrase highlights the tension and potential for division within the royal family. Adonijah's actions parallel those of Absalom, another of David's sons who previously attempted to usurp the throne (2 Samuel 15). The issue of succession is critical, as it affects the stability of the kingdom and the fulfillment of God's promises to David's lineage (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>).<p><b>and he will sit on my throne’?</b><br>The throne symbolizes legitimate authority and the continuation of David's dynasty. Nathan's inquiry points to the need for divine guidance in choosing a successor, as seen in the anointing of David himself (<a href="/1_samuel/16.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a>). The throne of David is also significant in biblical prophecy, as it is linked to the messianic promise that Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, will ultimately reign (<a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a>, <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>). Nathan's question thus not only addresses immediate political concerns but also touches on the broader theological implications of God's covenant with David.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan</a></b><br>A prophet during the reign of King David, known for his role in confronting David about his sin with Bathsheba and for supporting Solomon's claim to the throne.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_david.htm">King David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, known for his heart for God, his military conquests, and his complex personal life. At this point, he is elderly and his succession is in question.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/adonijah.htm">Adonijah</a></b><br>The fourth son of King David, who attempts to declare himself king without David's approval, leading to a conflict over the rightful heir to the throne.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of David and Bathsheba, whom God has chosen to succeed David as king, though his position is not yet secure at this point in the account.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Israel, where these events are taking place, and the center of political and religious life for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_leadership.htm">God's Sovereignty in Leadership</a></b><br>God is in control of leadership transitions, and His plans will prevail despite human attempts to alter them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Nathan play a crucial role in guiding and correcting leaders according to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_seeking_god's_will.htm">The Importance of Seeking God's Will</a></b><br>Before making significant decisions, it is vital to seek God's guidance and confirmation, as seen in Nathan's inquiry to David.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_presumption.htm">The Dangers of Presumption</a></b><br>Adonijah's presumption in declaring himself king without God's or David's endorsement serves as a warning against acting on ambition without divine approval.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_uncertainty.htm">Faithfulness in Uncertainty</a></b><br>In times of uncertainty, like the succession crisis, faithfulness to God's promises and commands is essential.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_kings_1_11-27_contradict_divine_king_appointments.htm">Does Nathan and Bathsheba's intervention (1 Kings 1:11-27) contradict earlier portrayals of divine appointment of kings in Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_solomon's_throne_description_exaggerated.htm">In 1 Kings 10:18-20, is there any external record or artifact supporting the intricate details of Solomon's throne, or does this description seem exaggerated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_little_evidence_for_adonijah's_claim.htm">Why is there scant historical or archaeological evidence supporting Adonijah's self-declaration as king (1 Kings 1:5-10)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_baasha's_family_for_his_sins.htm">(1 Kings 16:2-4) How could a just God punish an entire family line for Baasha's sins without violating individual accountability?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Hast thou said.</span>--The question here and in <a href="/1_kings/1-27.htm" title="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?">1Kings 1:27</a> is, of course, merely intended to draw out denial; but it is singularly true to nature that it does so by the assumption (natural in court language) that nothing of such a kind could be even conceived as done without the king's will. There is something striking in the contrast of the deference of Nathan as a counsellor on state business with the bold superiority of his tone in the discharge of his true prophetic office (as in <a href="/context/2_samuel/7-2.htm" title="That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.">2Samuel 7:2-17</a>; <a href="/context/2_samuel/12-1.htm" title="And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.">2Samuel 12:1-14</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Nathan said, My Lord, O king, hast thou said</span> [the Hebrews has no question, but a strong affirmation: "thou <span class="accented">hast</span> said," <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, "thou must have said (Du hast wohl gesagt." Bahr). Nathan puts it thus forcibly, in order to draw from the king a disclaimer], <span class="cmt_word">Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?</span> [Same words as in vers. 13, 17, and possibly designedly so. The coincidence conveys the meaning, "Thou hast <span class="accented">sworn</span> Solomon shall reign," etc. "Thou hast <span class="accented">said</span>, Adonijah shall reign," etc.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/1-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“My lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sovereign, controller</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאמֶר֮</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Nathan,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתָן֒</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5416.htm">Strong's 5416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nathan -- the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“did you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">say,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֔רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Adonijah</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_138.htm">Strong's 138: </a> </span><span class="str2">Adonijah -- 'my Lord is Yahweh', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will reign</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמְלֹ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yim·lōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he</span><br /><span class="heb">וְה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will sit</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵשֵׁ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(yê·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my throne’?</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּסְאִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(kis·’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3678.htm">Strong's 3678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seat of honor, throne</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/1-24.htm">1 Kings 1:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/1-24.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 1:24 Nathan said My lord king have you (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/1-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 1:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 1:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/1-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 1:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 1:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>