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?'
25. For today, he descended, and he immolated oxen, and fattened cattle, and many rams. And he summoned all the sons of the king, and the leaders of the army, along with Abiathar, the priest. And they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'As king Adonijah lives.'
26. But he did not summon me, your servant, and Zadok, the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Solomon, your lowly servant.
27. Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?"
28. And king David responded, saying, "Summon to me Bathsheba." And when she had entered before the king, and she had stood before him,
29. the king swore and said: "As the Lord lives, who has rescued my soul from all distress,
30. just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne in my place,' so shall I do this day."
31. And Bathsheba, having lowered her face to the ground, reverenced the king, saying, "May my lord David live forever."
32. And king David said, "Summon to me Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada." And when they had entered before the king,
33. he said to them: "Take with you the servants of your lord, and place my son Solomon upon my mule. And lead him to Gihon.
34. And let Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, anoint him in that place as the king over Israel. And you shall sound the trumpet, and you shall say, 'As king Solomon lives.'
35. And you shall ascend after him, and he shall arrive and shall sit upon my throne. And he himself shall reign in my place. And I will command that he be the ruler over Israel and over Judah."
36. And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, responded to the king, saying: "Amen. So says the Lord, the God of my lord the king.