9. Then Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel, and invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants,
10. but he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or Solomon.
11. But Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba, Solomon’s mother, saying: “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has assumed the kingship—and our lord David doesn’t know it?
12. Now come, please let me give you advice. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon!