23. And they announced to the king, saying, "Nathan, the prophet, is here." And when he had entered in the sight of the king, and he had reverenced prone on the ground,
24. Nathan said: "My lord the king, did you say, 'Let Adonijah reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?'
25. For today, he descended, and he immolated oxen, and fattened cattle, and many rams. And he summoned all the sons of the king, and the leaders of the army, along with Abiathar, the priest. And they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'As king Adonijah lives.'
26. But he did not summon me, your servant, and Zadok, the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Solomon, your lowly servant.
27. Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?"
28. And king David responded, saying, "Summon to me Bathsheba." And when she had entered before the king, and she had stood before him,
29. the king swore and said: "As the Lord lives, who has rescued my soul from all distress,