13. Go to King David and say, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?
14. Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.
15. So Bathsheba went in to the king in his chamber. Now the king was very old and feeble, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to [him].
16. Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What do you wish?
17. And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me and sit upon my throne.
18. And now, behold, Adonijah is reigning, and, my lord the king, you do not know it.
19. He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite Solomon your servant.
20. Now, my lord O king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after you.
21. Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.