¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

²⁴ And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

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?