1 Kings 1:11

1Ki 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not?

Ver. 11. Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba. ] See here, saith P. Martyr, how God by weak means confoundeth the mighty, and worketh for the accomplishment of his own will.

And David our lord knoweth it not. ] Either Adonijah’s partisans and parasites kept it from David, or else through age and weakness he took no notice of it.