1 Kings 2:13-25

13Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “1Do you come peacefully?” And he said, “Peacefully.” 14Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” And she said, “Speak.” 15So he said, “You know that 2the kingdom was mine and 3that all Israel 4expected me to be king; 5however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, 6for it was his from the Lord. 16Now I am making one request of you; do not 7refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” 17Then he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not 8refuse you, that he may give me 9Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.” 18Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak to the king for you.”

19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he 10had a throne set for the king’s mother, and 11she sat on his right. 20Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; 12do not 13refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not 14refuse you.” 21So she said, “15Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.” 22King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? 16Ask for him also the kingdom--17for he is my older brother--even for him, for 18Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!” 23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has 19not spoken this word against his own 20life. 24Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and 21who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.” 25So King Solomon 22sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.