21. If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as my lord the king has died.”
22. While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
23. The king’s officials told him, “Nathan the prophet is here to see you.”Nathan went in and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
24. Nathan asked, “My lord the king, have you decided that Adonijah will be the next king and that he will sit on your throne?
25. Today he has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king’s sons to attend the celebration. He also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. They are feasting and drinking with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26. But he did not invite me or Zadok the priest or Benaiah or your servant Solomon.
27. Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?”
28. King David responded, “Call Bathsheba!” So she came back in and stood before the king.
29. And the king repeated his vow: “As surely as the lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger,