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,
30. just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne in my place,' so shall I do this day."
31. And Bathsheba, having lowered her face to the ground, reverenced the king, saying, "May my lord David live forever."