Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
- BSB But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
- NKJV So now, look! Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know about it.
- NASB But now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
- NLT But instead, Adonijah has made himself king, and my lord the king does not even know about it.
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- 1 Kgs 1:24Nathan said, “My lord, king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’
- 2 Sam 15:10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
- 1 Kgs 1:11Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?
- Acts 3:17“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
- 1 Kgs 1:27Was 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?”
- 1 Kgs 1:5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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