1 Kings 1:18
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New International Version (©2011)
But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But instead, Adonijah has made himself king, and my lord the king does not even know about it.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Now look, Adonijah has become king. And, my lord the king, you didn't know it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Now look, Adonijah has become king, and your majesty is not aware of it.

NET Bible (©2006)
But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But now, you see, Adonijah has become king, and you don't [even] know anything about it, Your Majesty.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not:

American King James Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not:

American Standard Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.

Darby Bible Translation
And now behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not.

English Revised Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:

Webster's Bible Translation
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

World English Bible
Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, lo, Adonijah hath reigned, and now, my lord, O king, thou hast not known;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Re 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now my Lord the king, thou knowest it not.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth,.... Has set up himself as king, and is by some saluted as such; but lest it should be thought by David that she suggested by this that he was guilty of the breach of his oath, or on any account to be blamed, she adds:

and now my lord, O king, thou knowest it not; which as it acquitted him from all blame, so it made the sin of Adonijah the more heinous, that he should do this without consulting his father about it; and was not only neglect of him as a father, and an act of disrespect and disobedience to him as such, but even of high treason, to assume the throne in his father's lifetime, without his consent.

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Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
…17And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. 18And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not: 19And he has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon your servant has he not called. …

1 Kings 1:17 She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.'
1 Kings 1:19 He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.