27<\/strong>. shewed<\/em> it unto thy servant<\/em> ] There is a various reading, ‘thy servants,’ but the A. V. gives the better sense. There was a special reason why Nathan should know of all that was done in respect of the succession, which did not apply to the rest of David’s court.<\/p>\n Thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; <\/B>who, having been an instrument in delivering Gods message to thee concerning thy successor, might reasonably expect that if the king had changed his mind, or God had since made some revelation contrary to the former, thou wouldst have acquainted me with it, as being both a prophet of the Lord, and one whom thou hast always found faithful to thee, and to whom thou hast used to communicate thy secret counsels. <\/P> <\/p>\n Is this thing done by my lord the king<\/strong>,…. With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:<\/p>\n and thou hast not showed [it] unto thy servant<\/strong>; meaning himself, who had brought him a message from the Lord, signifying that Solomon should succeed him; and therefore if that had been countermanded, it seemed strange that he should not have acquainted him with it: or “to thy servants”, as the Arabic version; for the word has a plural ending, though pointed as singular; and so it may mean not only himself, but the rest of David’s faithful servants that were about him at court, as Kimchi observes:<\/p>\n who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him<\/strong>? if he had altered his mind, or had had any direction from the Lord to make any change, he wondered at it that he should neither acquaint him, nor any of his trusty friends, with it.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?” <\/p>\n Then he politely asked the king whether this thing had been done by the king himself. Was it that he had simply omitted to tell his servants what he was doing, and had failed to inform them who it was who was to sit on his throne after him? The implication was, ‘or was there more to it than that?’ He was probably perfectly well satisfied in his own mind that David knew nothing about it, but that was not for him to say. That was for the king to say. <\/p>\n 1Ki 1:28<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> Then king David answered and said, “Call to me Bath-sheba.” And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.’ <\/p>\n David’s reply was quick and firm. Let his servants call Bathsheba to come back into his presence. And the result was that Bathsheba came back into his presence and stood before the king. <\/p>\n A major lesson behind this story lies in the warning it gives against the dangers of prevarication. If David had only made his intentions known earlier all this might never have happened. But while he himself knew that Solomon was YHWH’s choice as king he had failed to make that clear to His people or establish him as his heir. (Like many powerful men he did not want to appear unable to fulfil his responsibilities, and did not therefore wish to delegate supreme power to anyone else). And where a vacuum is left, someone or something will always come in to fill it. We should therefore learn from this that, once we know the will of God, we should put it into effect and make sure that all know about it. For if we delay we can be certain that something that is not the will of God will take its place. And that will cause problems for everyone. <\/p>\n 1Ki 1:27 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?<\/p>\n Ver. 27. And thou hast not showed it, &c.<\/strong> ] See on 1Ki 1:23<\/span> .<\/p>\n and thou: 1Ki 1:24, 2Ki 4:27, Joh 15:15 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 1:18 – thou knowest<\/p>\n 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy {m} servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?<\/p>\n (m) Meaning, that in such affairs he should undertake nothing unless he had consulted with the Lord.<\/p>\n Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed [it] unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 27. shewed it unto thy servant ] There is a various reading, ‘thy servants,’ but the A. V. gives the better sense. 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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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