1 Kings 1:27

27 If this message was from my master the king, you didn't make it known to your servant. Who should follow you on the throne of my master the king?"

1 Kings 1:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:27

Is this thing done by my lord the king
With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:

and thou hast not showed [it] unto thy servant;
meaning himself, who had brought him a message from the Lord, signifying that Solomon should succeed him; and therefore if that had been countermanded, it seemed strange that he should not have acquainted him with it: or "to thy servants", as the Arabic version; for the word has a plural ending, though pointed as singular; and so it may mean not only himself, but the rest of David's faithful servants that were about him at court, as Kimchi observes:

who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
if he had altered his mind, or had had any direction from the Lord to make any change, he wondered at it that he should neither acquaint him, nor any of his trusty friends, with it.

1 Kings 1:27 In-Context

25 Indeed, today he went down and prepared oxen, fattened cattle, and lamb in large numbers. He invited all the royal princes, the generals, and Abiathar the priest. They are eating and drinking with him, and they said, ‘Long live King Adonijah!'

26 Adonijah didn't invite me, your servant, Zadok the priest, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, or your servant Solomon.

27 If this message was from my master the king, you didn't make it known to your servant. Who should follow you on the throne of my master the king?"

28 King David answered, "Bring me Bathsheba." She came and stood before the king.

29 The king made a solemn pledge and said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued me from every trouble,