10. but he did not invite Nathan the prophet, or Benaiah, or the warriors, or Solomon his brother.
11. Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother: “Have you not heard that Adonijah, son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David does not know?
12. Come now, let me advise you so that you may save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
13. Go, visit King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord king, swear to your handmaid: Your son Solomon shall be king after me; it is he who shall sit upon my throne? Why, then, has Adonijah become king?’
14. And while you are still there speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
15. So Bathsheba visited the king in his room. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunamite was caring for the king.
16. Bathsheba bowed in homage to the king. The king said to her, “What do you wish?”
17. She answered him: “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord, your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me; it is he who shall sit upon my throne.’
18. But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord king, do not know it.
19. He has sacrificed bulls, fatlings, and sheep in great numbers; he has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but not your servant Solomon.
20. Now, my lord king, all Israel is looking to you to declare to them who is to sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.