12. Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.
13. Visit King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’
14. While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”
15. So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)
16. Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
17. She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’