10. But he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty warriors or Solomon his brother.
11. Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, but our lord David does not know?
12. So then, come, let me advise you please, that you may save your life and the life of your son, Solomon.
13. Come, go to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord the king, sworn to your servant, “Surely Solomon your son shall become king after me. And he will sit on my throne”? But why is Adonijah king?’
14. While you are still there speaking with the king, I will enter after you, and I will confirm your words.”
15. So Bathsheba went to the king in the private room. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunnamite was attending the king.
16. Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, “What do you want?”
17. She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Solomon your son surely shall become king after me, and he will sit upon my throne!’
18. But now, look! Adonijah has become king! And now, my lord the king, you do not know!
19. He has sacrificed oxen and sheep and fattened animals in abundance, and he has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he did not invite.
20. But as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21. It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be considered as sinners.”