12. Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you how to save yourselves.
13. Go to King David and say to him, ‘My master and king, you made a promise to me. You promised that my son Solomon would be the king after you. You said he would rule on your throne. So why has Adonijah become king?’
14. While you are still talking to him, I will come in. I will tell the king that what you have said about Adonijah is true.”
15. So Bathsheba went in to see the king in his bedroom. He was now very old. Abishag, the girl from Shunam, was caring for him there.
16. Bathsheba bowed down before the king.He asked, “What do you want?”
17. She answered, “My master, you made a promise to me in the name of the Lord your God. You said, ‘Your son Solomon will become king after me. He will rule on my throne.’
18. But now Adonijah has become king. And you did not know it.