11. David was king over Israel for forty years: he was king seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12. Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingship was established.
13. Adonijah, son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. “Do you come in peace?” she asked. “In peace,” he answered,
14. and he added, “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.”
15. So he said: “You know that the kingship was mine, and all Israel expected me to be king. But the kingship passed me by and went to my brother; by the Lord’s will it went to him.
16. But now there is one favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.” And she said, “Speak on.”
17. He said, “Please ask King Solomon, who will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunamite to be my wife.”
18. Bathsheba replied, “Very well, I will speak to the king for you.”
19. Then Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king stood up to meet her and paid her homage. Then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king’s mother, who sat at his right.
20. She said, “There is one small favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.” The king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
21. So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to your brother Adonijah to be his wife.”
22. King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask that Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah? Ask the kingship for him as well, for he is my older brother! Ask for him, for Abiathar the priest, for Joab, son of Zeruiah!”