1 Kings 1:27

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?

Ver. 27. And thou hast not showed it, &c.] See on 1Ki 1:23.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Meaning, that he ought in such affairs enterprise nothing except he had consulted with the Lord.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

27. shewed it unto thy servant] 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.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Is this thing done by my lord the king,.... With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:

and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; 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:

who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 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.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Thou hast not showed it unto thy servant; who, having been an instrument in delivering God’s 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.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Is this thing done an, or perhaps, num, "Is it then the ease that," etc. by lit., from with my lord the king i.e., with his privity and by his appointment, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant Hebrews "made thy servant know." Nathan submits that he has a strong (2Sa_12:25) to be informed, should there be any change in the king"s plans, who should sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him? Same expression as in ver. 20. The repetition was well calculated to impress upon the king the importance of nominating a successor at once. Then the king answered and said He simply echoes the exact words of the mother. This is clear from the fact that the word dWly; natus, "the one born," here and in ver. 26 rendered child," is a very unusual one, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it The LXX, which reads "Give the child to her who said, Give it to her," etc., obscures the evidently designed repetition she is the mother thereof Heb. she, his mother.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Shewed thy servant - Who, having been an instrument in delivering God's message to thee concerning thy successor, might reasonably expect that if the king had changed his mind, thou wouldest have acquainted me with it, as being both a prophet os the Lord, and one whom thou hast always found faithful to thee.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.