Bible verse
But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
1 Kings 1:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 1.
14 Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
15 So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
16 And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
17 “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
18 But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
19 And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
20 And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
22 And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
KJV
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest [it] not:
ASV
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:
ERV
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:
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