1 Reyes 1:24

24 le dijo:—Mi señor y rey, ¿acaso ha decretado usted que Adonías lo suceda en el trono?

1 Reyes 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:24

And Nathan said, my lord, O king
He addresses him as with great veneration and respect due to his office, so as if he knew noticing of Bathsheba's application to him; and therefore begins and tells his story, as if the king had never heard anything relative to it:

hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne?
surely it can never be, because of the notice which he himself had given him from the Lord, that one to be born should succeed him, plainly pointing to Solomon; and also because of the oath which he had sworn, to which Nathan was privy, that Solomon should reign after him; and yet if he had not given such orders, it was exceeding strange that Adonijah should presume to do what he had done.

1 Reyes 1:24 In-Context

22 Mientras Betsabé hablaba con el rey, llegó el profeta Natán,

23 y el rey se enteró de su llegada. Entonces Natán se presentó ante el rey y, arrodillándose,

24 le dijo:—Mi señor y rey, ¿acaso ha decretado usted que Adonías lo suceda en el trono?

25 Pregunto esto porque él ha ido hoy a sacrificar una gran cantidad de toros, terneros engordados y ovejas. Además, ha invitado a todos los hijos de Su Majestad, a los comandantes del ejército y al sacerdote Abiatar, y allí están todos ellos comiendo y bebiendo, y gritando en su presencia: “¡Viva el rey Adonías!”

26 Sin embargo, no me invitó a mí, que estoy al servicio de Su Majestad, ni al sacerdote Sadoc, ni a Benaías hijo de Joyadá, ni a Salomón, que es un fiel servidor de Su Majestad.