24. Then Nathan said: “My lord king, did you say, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me and shall sit upon my throne’?
25. For today he went down and sacrificed bulls, fatlings, and sheep in great numbers; he invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest, and even now they are eating and drinking in his company and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26. But me, your servant, he did not invite; nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
27. If this was done by order of my lord the king, you did not tell me, your servant, who is to sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.”
28. King David answered, “Call Bathsheba here.” When she entered the king’s presence and stood before him,
29. the king swore, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
30. this very day I will fulfill the oath I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Your son Solomon shall be king after me and shall sit upon my throne in my place.’”
31. Bowing to the floor in homage to the king, Bathsheba said, “May my lord, King David, live forever!”