11. Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, "Did you hear that Adonijah, Haggith’s son, has become king, but our master David doesn’t know about it?
12. Let me give you some advice on how you and your son Solomon can survive this.
13. Go to King David and say, ‘Didn’t my master the king swear to your servant, "Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
14. While you are speaking there with the king, I’ll come along and support your words."
15. So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. The king was very old, and Abishag from Shunem was serving the king.
16. Bathsheba bowed down on her face before the king.The king asked, "What do you want?"
17. She said to him, "Your Majesty, you swore by the Lord your God to your servant, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne.’
18. But now, look, Adonijah has become king, and my master the king doesn’t know about it.