7. He talked with Joab (whose mother was Zeruiah) and with Abiathar the priest, and they agreed to support his cause.
8. But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's bodyguard were not on Adonijah's side.
9. One day Adonijah offered a sacrifice of sheep, bulls, and fattened calves at Snake Rock, near the spring of Enrogel. He invited the other sons of King David and the king's officials who were from Judah to come to this sacrificial feast,
10. but he did not invite his half brother Solomon or Nathan the prophet, or Benaiah, or the king's bodyguard.
11. Then Nathan went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, and asked her, “Haven't you heard that Haggith's son Adonijah has made himself king? And King David doesn't know anything about it!
12. If you want to save your life and the life of your son Solomon, I would advise you
13. to go at once to King David and ask him, ‘Your Majesty, didn't you solemnly promise me that my son Solomon would succeed you as king? How is it, then, that Adonijah has become king?’ ”
14. And Nathan added, “Then, while you are still talking with King David, I will come in and confirm your story.”
15. So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. He was very old, and Abishag, the woman from Shunem, was taking care of him.
16. Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”
17. She answered, “Your Majesty, you made me a solemn promise in the name of the Lord your God that my son Solomon would be king after you.