1 Reyes 1:18

18 Pero ahora resulta que Adonías se ha proclamado rey a espaldas de Su Majestad.

1 Reyes 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:18

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.

1 Reyes 1:18 In-Context

16 Al llegar Betsabé, se arrodilló ante el rey, y este le preguntó:—¿Qué quieres?

17 —Mi señor juró por el SEÑOR su Dios a esta servidora suya —contestó Betsabé—, que mi hijo Salomón sucedería en el trono a Su Majestad.

18 Pero ahora resulta que Adonías se ha proclamado rey a espaldas de Su Majestad.

19 Ha sacrificado una gran cantidad de toros, terneros engordados y ovejas, y ha invitado a todos los hijos del rey, al sacerdote Abiatar y a Joab, general del ejército; sin embargo, no invitó a Salomón, que es un fiel servidor de Su Majestad.

20 Mi señor y rey, todo Israel está a la expectativa y quiere que usted le diga quién lo sucederá en el trono.