King James Version
1 Kings 1:27 in the King James Version says “Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
1 Kings 1:27 · KJV
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. God: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. into: Heb. before the king
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“done”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Is this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and thou hast not shewed”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“who should sit”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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