24. Nathan said, ‘Have you, my lord the king, declared that Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne?
25. Today he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. At this very moment they are eating and drinking with him and saying, “Long live King Adonijah!”
26. But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.
27. Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?’
28. Then King David said, ‘Call in Bathsheba.’ So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.