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?
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?'