1 Raja-raja 1:23-28

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹  1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’? 1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ²  they are having a feast ³  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ⁴  1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon. 1:27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants ⁵  who should succeed my master the king on his throne?” ⁶ 

David Picks Solomon as His Successor

1:28 King David responded, ⁷  “Summon Bathsheba!” ⁸  She came and stood before the king. ⁹ 

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

[1:25]  ² tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[1:27]  ⁵ tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”

[1:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”

[1:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:28]  ⁸ sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

[1:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”