1 Kings 2:9-21

⁹But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.

¹⁰So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

¹¹And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie and three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

¹²Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

¹³And Adonijah the sonne of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon: and she saide, Commest thou peaceably? And hee said, Yea.

¹⁴He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. And she sayd, Say on.

¹⁵Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, and is my brothers: for it came to him by the Lord.

¹⁶Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.

¹⁷And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

¹⁸And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.

¹⁹Bath-sheba therefore went vnto King Salomon, to speake vnto him for Adonijah: and the King rose to meete her, and bowed himselfe vnto her, and sate downe on his throne: and he caused a seate to be set for the Kings mother, and she sate at his right hand.

²⁰Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

²¹She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.