1 Kings 2:13-22

13Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So 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 yourself know that 2the kingdom was mine and 3that all Israel 4intended for me to be king; 5however, the kingdom has turned around and become my brother’s, 6for it was his from the Lord. 16So now 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.” 18And Bathsheba 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 stood to meet her, bowed to her, and sat on his throne; then he 10had a throne set up 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.” 22But King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? 16Request for him the kingdom as well--17since he is my older brother--for him, for 18Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”