Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.(1 Reyes 1:12)

Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?(1 Reyes 1:13)

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.(1 Reyes 1:14)

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?(1 Reyes 1:16)

And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.(1 Reyes 1:17)

And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:(1 Reyes 1:18)