8. But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David’s mighty men did not join Adonijah.
9. Adonijah slaughtered sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the Stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel, and invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.
10. But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
11. Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns and David our lord does not know it?
12. Now please come and let me give you some advice, so that you may save your own life as well as that of your son Solomon.
13. Go to King David and say to him, ‘Did not you, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?’
14. Then while you are still there talking with the king, I will come in and confirm your words.”
15. So Bathsheba went to the king’s chamber. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to him.
16. Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king.And the king said, “What do you want?”
17. And she said to him, “My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18. But Adonijah reigns, and now, my lord, O king, you are unaware.
19. He has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.
20. And you, my lord, O king, all the eyes of Israel are upon you that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21. Otherwise it shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.”