28. King David answered, "Bring me Bathsheba." She came and stood before the king.
29. The king made a solemn pledge and said, "As surely as the Lord lives, who rescued me from every trouble,
30. regarding what I swore to you by the Lord, Israel’s God, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly succeed me; he will sit on the throne after me’—I’ll see that it happens today."
31. Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground. She honored the king and said, "May my master King David live forever!"
32. King David said, "Bring me Zadok the priest, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son." They came to the king,