15. Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the Lord.
16. Now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me.”And she said to him, “Say it.”
17. Then he said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
18. So Bathsheba said, “Very well, I will speak for you to the king.”