Catholic Public Domain Version
"And now behold, Adonijah reigns, while you, my lord the king, are ignorant of it. "
— 1 Kings 1:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:”
“And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not: ”
“Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.”
“But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!”
“And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.”
“And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;”
“And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:”
And so Bathsheba entered to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag, the Shunammite, was ministering to him.
Bathsheba bowed herself, and she reverenced the king. And the king said to her, “What do you wish?”
And responding, she said: “My lord, you swore to your handmaid, by the Lord your God: ‘your son Solomon will reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne.’
And now behold, Adonijah reigns, while you, my lord the king, are ignorant of it.
He has slain oxen, and every kind of fattened cattle, and many rams. And he has summoned all the sons of the king, as well as Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the leader of the military. But Solomon, your servant, he did not summon.
Truly now, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel look with favor upon you, that you may indicate to them who ought to sit upon your throne, my lord the king, after you.
Otherwise, this will be: when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be as sinners.”