13. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14. He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15. And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.
16. And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.