1 Kings 1:11
Context1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you 1 that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? 2
1 Kings 1:13
Context1:13 Visit 3 King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise 4 your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
1 Kings 1:18
Context1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, 5 my master the king, are not even aware of it! 6
1 tn Heb “Have you not heard?”
2 tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”
3 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.
4 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
5 tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew
6 tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”