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?
14. Lo, thou are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after thee, and have completed thy words.'
15. And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king [is] very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king:
16. and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What--to thee?'
17. And she saith to him, `My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid: Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne;
18. and now, lo, Adonijah hath reigned, and now, my lord, O king, thou hast not known;