12. And now, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13. Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
14. Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words.
15. And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.
16. And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
17. And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
18. And now behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not.