14. I just want to talk with you.”“All right,” she told him, “go ahead.”
15. “You know that I was king for a little while,” Adonijah replied. “And everyone in Israel accepted me as their ruler. But the Lord wanted my brother to be king, so now things have changed.
16. Would you do me a favour?”“What do you want?” Bathsheba asked.
17. “Please ask Solomon to let me marry Abishag. He won't say no to you.”
18. “All right,” she said. “I'll ask him.”
19. When Bathsheba went to see Solomon, he stood up to meet her, then bowed low. He sat back down and had another throne brought in, so his mother could sit at his right side.
20. Bathsheba sat down and then asked, “Would you do me a small favour?”Solomon replied, “Mother, just tell me what you want, and I will do it.”
21. “Allow your brother Adonijah to marry Abishag,” she answered.
22. Solomon said:What? Let my elder brother marry Abishag? You may as well ask me to let him rule the kingdom! And why don't you ask such favours for Abiathar and Joab?
23. I swear in the name of the Lord that Adonijah will die because he asked for this! If he doesn't, I pray that God will severely punish me.