7. Adonijah met with Joab the son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest and asked them if they would help him become king. Both of them agreed to help.
8. But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's bodyguards all refused.
9. Adonijah invited his brothers and David's officials from Judah to go with him to Crawling Rock near Rogel Spring, where he sacrificed some sheep, cattle, and fat calves.
10. But he did not invite Nathan, Benaiah, David's bodyguards, or his own brother Solomon.
11. When Nathan heard what had happened, he asked Bathsheba, Solomon's mother:Have you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has made himself king? But David doesn't know a thing about it.
12. You and your son Solomon will be killed, unless you do what I tell you.
13. Go and say to David, “You promised me that Solomon would be the next king. So why is Adonijah now king?”