1. King David had become very old. His servants covered him with blankets, but he couldn’t stay warm.
2. They said to him, "Allow us to find a young woman for our master the king. She will serve the king and take care of him by lying beside our master the king and keeping him warm."
3. So they looked in every corner of Israel until they found Abishag from Shunem. They brought her to the king.
4. She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but the king didn’t have sex with her.
5. Adonijah, Haggith’s son, bragged about himself and said, "I’ll rule as king myself." He got his own chariot and horses with fifty runners to go in front.
6. Now Adonijah’s father had never given him direction; he never questioned why Adonijah did what he did. He was very handsome and was born after Absalom.
7. He took advice from Joab, Zeruiah’s son, and from the priest Abiathar. They assisted Adonijah.
8. But Zadok the priest, Jehoiada’s son Benaiah, the prophet Nathan, Shimei and his friends, and David’s veterans didn’t join Adonijah.