But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
Nathan knew God's mind in this matter and could not sit idle while the throne meant for Solomon was usurped. Prophets were deeply involved in such affairs because they understood the will of Heaven, not mere human preference or palace intrigue.
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Commenting on 1 Kings 1:11-31
Adonijah has crowned himself king without so much as consulting his father, which is not mere disrespect or disobedience to David as a parent, but treason against the Lord's anointed; he has seized the throne in his father's lifetime without consent, and therein lies his heinous sin.
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Adonijah was the oldest son alive, blessed with manners and looks that won the court's favor; but his father's silence in seeing him flaunt the trappings of an heir-presumptive was read as consent. That fatal quiet emboldened him.
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Commenting on 1 Kings 1:5-31