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.
22. While she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23. The king was told, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came before the king, he bowed himself before him with his face to the ground.
24. And Nathan said, My lord the king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
25. He has gone this day and sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and they eat and drink before him and say, Long live King Adonijah!
26. But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited.
27. Is this done by my lord the king and you have not shown your servants who shall succeed my lord the king?
28. Then King David answered, Call Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence and stood before him.