21. So Bathsheba said, “Let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem.”
22. King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you asking me to give Abishag to Adonijah? Why don’t you just ask me to give him the whole kingdom! After all, he is my older brother, and both Abiathar the priest and Joab support him!”
23. Then Solomon said, “By the Lord, I swear I’ll make Adonijah pay for this with his life!
24. The Lord made me the king of Israel. He gave me the throne of my father David. The Lord kept his promise and gave the kingdom to me and my family. Now, as surely as the Lord lives, I swear Adonijah will die today!”