1. And king David [is] old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,
2. and his servants say to him, `Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.'
3. And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,
4. and the young woman [is] very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her.
5. And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, `I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,
6. and his father hath not grieved him [all] his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also [is] of a very good form, and [his mother] bare him after Absalom.
7. And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;
8. and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah.
9. And Adonijah sacrificeth sheep and oxen and fatlings near the stone of Zoheleth, that [is] by En-Rogel, and calleth all his brethren, sons of the king, and for all the men of Judah, servants of the king;
10. and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty ones, and Solomon his brother, he hath not called.
11. And Nathan speaketh unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, saying, `Hast thou not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith hath reigned, and our lord David hath not known?
12. and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon;
13. go and enter in unto king David, and thou hast said unto him, Hast thou not, my lord, O king, sworn to thy handmaid, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne? and wherefore hath Adonijah reigned?