Catholic Public Domain Version
"Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?” "
— 1 Kings 1:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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?”
“Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? ”
“Is 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?"”
“Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?””
“Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me, thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
“Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?”
“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?”
Nathan said: “My lord the king, did you say, ‘Let Adonijah reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?’
For today, he descended, and he immolated oxen, and fattened cattle, and many rams. And he summoned all the sons of the king, and the leaders of the army, along with Abiathar, the priest. And they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘As king Adonijah lives.’
But he did not summon me, your servant, and Zadok, the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Solomon, your lowly servant.
Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?”
And king David responded, saying, “Summon to me Bathsheba.” And when she had entered before the king, and she had stood before him,
the king swore and said: “As the Lord lives, who has rescued my soul from all distress,
just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying: ‘Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne in my place,’ so shall I do this day.”