20. All Israel is looking to you, Your Majesty, to tell them who should succeed you on your throne.
21. Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors.”
22. While she was still talking to the king, the prophet Nathan arrived.
23. The servants told the king, “The prophet Nathan is here.” When he came to the king, he bowed down in front of him.
24. Nathan said, “Your Majesty, you must have said that Adonijah will be king after you and that he will sit on your throne,
25. because today he went and sacrificed many bulls, fattened calves, and sheep. He invited all the king’s sons, the army’s commanders, and the priest Abiathar ⌊to his feast⌋. They are eating and drinking with him and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26. But he didn’t invite me or the priest Zadok or Benaiah, who is Jehoiada’s son, or your servant Solomon.
27. Did you allow this to happen without telling me who would sit on your throne next?”
28. Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in here.” So she stood in front of him,
29. and he swore an oath. He said, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord who has saved my life from all trouble lives,