16. And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me.”“What is it?” Bathsheba asked.
17. He answered, “Please ask King Solomon — I know he won't refuse you — to let me have Abishag, the woman from Shunem, as my wife.”
18. “Very well,” she answered. “I will speak to the king for you.”
19. So Bathsheba went to the king to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king stood up to greet his mother and bowed to her. Then he sat on his throne and had another one brought in on which she sat at his right.
20. She said, “I have a small favour to ask of you; please do not refuse me.”“What is it, mother?” he asked. “I will not refuse you.”