26. But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.
27. Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”
28. King David responded, “Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.
29. The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),
30. I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
31. Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
32. King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,