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.”