14. And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words.
15. So Bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber: now the king was very old, and Abisag the Sunamitess ministered to him.
16. Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?
17. She answered and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
18. And behold now Adonias reigneth, and thou, my lord the king, knowest nothing of it.
19. He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and many rams, and invited all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the general of the army: but Solomon thy servant he invited not.