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Wycliffe Bible

1 Kings 1:18

and lo! Adonye hath regnede now, `while thou, my lord the kyng, knowist not;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Civil Service;   Intercession;   Petition;   Politics;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Entertainments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   David;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bath-Sheba;   David;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Nathan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Benaiah;   Nathan;   Queen;   Wheel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Upper Room (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba ;   Benaiah ;   Jehoiada ;   Nathan ;   Zadok ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bath-sheba;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baal (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now look, Adonijah has become king. And, my lord the king, you didn’t know it.
Hebrew Names Version
Now, behold, Adoniyahu reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it:
King James Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
English Standard Version
And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.
New Century Version
But now, unknown to you, Adonijah has become king.
New English Translation
But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!
Amplified Bible
"But now, behold, Adonijah is [acting as] king; and now [as things stand], my lord the king, you do not know it.
New American Standard Bible
"But now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And beholde, nowe is Adoniiah king, and now, my lord, O King, thou knowest it not.
Legacy Standard Bible
But now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
Contemporary English Version
But Adonijah has already been made king, and you didn't know anything about it.
Complete Jewish Bible
But now, here is Adoniyah ruling as king; and you, my lord the king, don't know anything about it.
Darby Translation
And now behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, you don't know this, but Adonijah is making himself king.
George Lamsa Translation
And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, do not know it;
Good News Translation
But Adonijah has already become king, and you don't know anything about it.
Lexham English Bible
But now, look! Adonijah has become king! And now, my lord the king, you do not know!
Literal Translation
And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my lord O king, you have not known.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now lo, Adonias is kynge, and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not.
American Standard Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:
Bible in Basic English
And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And beholde, nowe is Adonia king, and thou my lorde the king knowest it not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not.
King James Version (1611)
And now behold, Adoniiah reigneth; and now my lord the king, thou knowest it not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now, behold, Adonias reigns, and thou, my lord, O king, knowest it not.
English Revised Version
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:
Berean Standard Bible
But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, lo, Adonijah hath reigned, and now, my lord, O king, thou hast not known;
Update Bible Version
And now, look, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, do not know it:
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:
New King James Version
So now, look! Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know about it.
New Living Translation
But instead, Adonijah has made himself king, and my lord the king does not even know about it.
New Life Bible
Now, see, Adonijah is king. And my lord the king, you do not know it.
New Revised Standard
But now suddenly Adonijah has become king, though you, my lord the king, do not know it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, now, lo! Adonijah, hath become king; now, therefore, my lord, O king, thou knowest it not:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.
Revised Standard Version
And now, behold, Adoni'jah 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.

Contextual Overview

11 Therfor Nathan seide to Bersabee, modir of Salomon, Whether thou herdist, that Adonye, sone of Agith, regnede, and oure lord Dauid knoweth not this? 12 Now therfor come thou, take thou counsel of me, and saue thi lijf, and of Salomon thi sone. 13 Go thou, and entre to kyng Dauid, and seie thou to hym, Whether not thou, my lord the kyng, hast swore to me, thin handmaide, and seidist, that Salomon thi sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone? 14 Whi therfor regneth Adonye? And yit while thou schalt speke there with the kyng, Y schal come aftir thee, and `Y schal fille thi wordis. 15 Therfor Bersabee entride to the kyng in the closet; forsothe the kyng was ful eeld, and Abisag of Sunam `mynystride to hym. 16 Bersabee bowide hir silf, and worschipide the kyng; to whom the kyng seide, What wolt thou to thee? 17 And sche answeride, and seide, My lord the kyng, thou hast swore to thin handmaide bi thi Lord God, Salomon thy sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone; 18 and lo! Adonye hath regnede now, `while thou, my lord the kyng, knowist not; 19 he hath slayn oxis, and alle fatte thingis, and ful many rammes; and he clepide alle the sones of the king, also `Abiathar preest, and Joab, the prince of chyualri; but he clepide not Salomon, thi seruaunt. 20 Netheles, my lord the kyng, the iyen of al Israel biholden in to thee, that thou schewe to hem, who owith to sitte in thi trone, my lord the kyng, aftir thee;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Adonijah: 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Samuel 15:10

thou knowest: 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:27, Acts 3:17

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:5 - Joab Nehemiah 6:7 - a king

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
his goynge out was fro hiyeste heuene. And his goyng ayen was to the hiyeste therof; and noon is that hidith hym silf fro his heet.
Jeremiah 31:35
The Lord seith these thingis, that yyueth the sunne in the liyt of dai, the ordre of the moone and of sterris in the liyt of the niyt, whiche disturblith the see, and the wawis therof sownen, the Lord of oostis is name to hym.

Gill's Notes on the 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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