13. Then Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, went to Bathsheba, who was Solomon's mother. “Is this a friendly visit?” she asked.“It is,” he answered,
14. and then he added, “I have something to ask of you.”“What is it?” she asked.
15. He answered, “You know that I should have become king and that everyone in Israel expected it. But it happened differently, and my brother became king, because it was the Lord's will.
16. And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me.”“What is it?” Bathsheba asked.
17. He answered, “Please ask King Solomon — I know he won't refuse you — to let me have Abishag, the woman from Shunem, as my wife.”