1 Kings 2:9-21

⁹and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou art, and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

¹⁰And David lieth down with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David,

¹¹and the days that David hath reigned over Israel are forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years.

¹²And Solomon hath sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom is established greatly,

¹³and Adonijah son of Haggith cometh in unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, and she saith, 'Is thy coming peace?' and he saith, 'Peace.'

¹⁴And he saith, 'I have a word unto thee,' and she saith, 'Speak.'

¹⁵And he saith, 'Thou hast known that the kingdom was mine, and towards me set their faces had all Israel for reigning, and the kingdom is turned round about, and is my brother's, for from Jehovah it was his;

¹⁶and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'

¹⁷And he saith, 'Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, for he doth not turn back thy face, and he doth give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.'

¹⁸And Bath-Sheba saith, 'Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.'

¹⁹And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.

²⁰And she saith, 'One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, 'Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'

²¹And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'