27 Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
27 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?
27 Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
27 Is this something that my master the king has done behind our backs, not telling your servants who you intended to be king after you?"
27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not told your servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
27 Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 1:27
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11-31
(Read 1 Kings 1:11-31)
Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Revelation 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.