20. She said, “I have a small favour to ask of you; please do not refuse me.”“What is it, mother?” he asked. “I will not refuse you.”
21. She answered, “Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife.”
22. “Why do you ask me to give Abishag to him?” the king asked. “You might as well ask me to give him the throne too. After all, he is my elder brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab are on his side!”
23. Then Solomon made a solemn promise in the Lord's name, “May God strike me dead if I don't make Adonijah pay with his life for asking this!
24. The Lord has firmly established me on the throne of my father David; he has kept his promise and given the kingdom to me and my descendants. I swear by the living Lord that Adonijah will die this very day!”