1 Kings 1:2-15

2So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm.”

3They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

4The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king’s caregiver. She attended to him, but he was not intimate with her.

5Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and fifty men to run ahead of him.

6But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, “Why did you do that?” In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.

7He conspired with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,

8but the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David’s royal guard did not side with Adonijah.

9Adonijah sacrificed sheep, goats, cattle, and fattened cattle near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king,

10but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the royal guard, or his brother Solomon.

11Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it?

12Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

13Go, approach King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king?’

14At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”

15So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him.