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

And behold now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.

And now behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not.

and now, lo, Adonijah hath reigned, and now, my lord, O king, thou hast not known;

And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

And now behold, Adonijah reigns, while you, my lord the king, are ignorant of it.

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest (i) [it] not:
(i) The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many who kept it from the king.

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth,.... Has set up himself as king, and is by some saluted as such; but lest it should be thought by David that she suggested by this that he was guilty of the breach of his oath, or on any account to be blamed, she adds:
and now my lord, O king, thou knowest it not; which as it acquitted him from all blame, so it made the sin of Adonijah the more heinous, that he should do this without consulting his father about it; and was not only neglect of him as a father, and an act of disrespect and disobedience to him as such, but even of high treason, to assume the throne in his father's lifetime, without his consent.