14. He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”She said, “Say on.”
15. He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the Lord.
16. Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”She said to him, “Say on.”
17. He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
18. Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”
19. Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20. Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.”The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”