11. And so Nathan said to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon: "Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has begun to reign, and that our lord David is ignorant of this?
12. Now then, come, accept my counsel, and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
13. Go and enter to king David, and say to him: 'Did you not, my lord the king, swear to me, your handmaid, saying: "Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he himself shall sit on my throne?" Then why does Adonijah reign?'
14. And while you are still speaking with the king there, I will enter after you, and I will complete your words."
15. And so Bathsheba entered to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag, the Shunammite, was ministering to him.
16. Bathsheba bowed herself, and she reverenced the king. And the king said to her, "What do you wish?"
17. And responding, she said: "My lord, you swore to your handmaid, by the Lord your God: 'your son Solomon will reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne.'
18. And now behold, Adonijah reigns, while you, my lord the king, are ignorant of it.
19. He has slain oxen, and every kind of fattened cattle, and many rams. And he has summoned all the sons of the king, as well as Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the leader of the military. But Solomon, your servant, he did not summon.
20. Truly now, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel look with favor upon you, that you may indicate to them who ought to sit upon your throne, my lord the king, after you.
21. Otherwise, this will be: when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be as sinners."
22. And while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan, the prophet, arrived.
23. And they announced to the king, saying, "Nathan, the prophet, is here." And when he had entered in the sight of the king, and he had reverenced prone on the ground,
24. Nathan said: "My lord the king, did you say, 'Let Adonijah reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne?'