6. David his father had never in his life displeased him by asking, Why have you done so? He was also a very attractive man and was born after Absalom.
7. He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
8. But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's mighty men did not side with Adonijah.
9. Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fatlings by the Stone of Zoheleth, which is beside [the well] En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah.
10. But Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother he did not invite.
11. Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, reigns and David our lord does not know it?
12. Come now, let me advise you how to save your own life and your son Solomon's.