1 Kings 1:27 - Exposition

Is this thing done [ אִם = 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 claim ( 2 Samuel 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 verse 20. The repetition was well calculated to impress upon the king the importance of nominating a successor at once.