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!”
32. Then King David said, “Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, son of Jehoiada.” When they had entered the king’s presence,
33. he said to them: “Take with you the royal officials. Mount my son Solomon upon my own mule and escort him down to Gihon.
34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him king over Israel, and you shall blow the ram’s horn and cry, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35. When you come back up with him, he is to go in and sit upon my throne. It is he that shall be king in my place: him I designate ruler of Israel and of Judah.”
36. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, answered the king: “So be it! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so decree!