Nathan concluded his words by returning to the question with which he began. Was this according to David’s purpose? Did David choose Adonijah, and did he sanction the coronation
feast? Did David determine who would be invited, and did he determine those who would not be informed to their own peril?
Nathan asked this question in language that suggests that he could not believe that the king could have done something so improbable. Adonijah’s plot was constructed so that an outsider might have concluded that there was no question as to the legitimacy of his claim. But Nathan presented the matter in terms so that David must have seen rebellion behind the scheme.
27 Est-ce bien par ordre de mon seigneur le roi que cette chose a lieu, et sans que tu aies fait connaître à ton serviteur qui doit s'asseoir sur le trône du roi mon seigneur après lui?