1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old; ¹  even when they covered him with blankets, ²  he could not get warm.

1 Kings 1:18

1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, ³  my master the king, are not even aware of it! ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

² tn Or “garments.”

³ tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

⁴ tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”