1 Kings 1:15-31

15So BathshebaH1339 enteredH935 to the kingH4428 in the bedroomH2315. Now 1the kingH4428 wasH2204 veryH3966 oldH2204, and AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 was servingH8334 the kingH4428. 16Then BathshebaH1339 bowedH6915 and prostratedH2331 herself 2before the kingH4428. And the kingH4428 saidH559, “WhatH4100 3is on your mind?” 17So she saidH559 to him, “My lordH113, you yourselfH859 sworeH7650 to your servantH519 by the LordH3068 your GodH430, saying, ‘4Your sonH1121 SolomonH8010 certainlyH3588 shall beH4427 kingH4427 afterH310 me, and he shall sitH3427 on my throneH3678.’ 18But nowH6258, beholdH2009, AdonijahH138 isH4427 kingH4427; and nowH6258, my lordH113 the kingH4428, you do not knowH3045 it. 195He has sacrificedH2076 oxenH7794 and fattenedH4806 steersH4806 and sheepH6629 in abundanceH7230, and has invitedH7121 allH3605 the sonsH1121 of the kingH4428, AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, and JoabH3097 the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635, but he has not invitedH7121 SolomonH8010 your servantH5650. 20And as for you, my lordH113 the kingH4428, the eyesH5869 of allH3605 IsraelH3478 are upon you, to announceH5046 to them whoH4310 shall sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 afterH310 him. 21Otherwise it will comeH1961 aboutH1961, 6as soon as my lordH113 the kingH4428 7liesH7901 downH7901 with his fathersH1, that I and my sonH1121 SolomonH8010 will be considered 8offendersH2400.”

22And beholdH2009, while she was stillH5750 speakingH1696 with the kingH4428, NathanH5416 the prophetH5030 cameH935 inH935. 23They informedH5046 the kingH4428, sayingH559, “NathanH5416 the prophetH5030 is hereH2009.” And when he cameH935 into the king’s presenceH6440, he prostratedH2331 himself 9before the kingH4428 with his faceH639 to the groundH776. 24Then NathanH5416 saidH559, “My lordH113 the kingH4428, have you yourselfH859 saidH559, ‘AdonijahH138 shall beH4427 kingH4427 afterH310 me, and he shall sitH3427 on my throneH3678’? 2510For he has goneH3381 downH3381 todayH3117 and has sacrificedH2076 oxenH7794 and fattenedH4806 steersH4806 and sheepH6629 in abundanceH7230, and has invitedH7121 allH3605 the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, the commandersH8269 of the armyH6635, and AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, and beholdH2009, they are eatingH398 and drinkingH8354 in his presenceH6440; and they sayH559, ‘11Long liveH2421 KingH4428 AdonijahH138!’ 2612But me, even me your servantH5650, ZadokH6659 the priestH3548, BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077, and your servantH5650 SolomonH8010, he has not invitedH7121. 27Has thisH2088 thingH1697 beenH1961 doneH1961 by my lordH113 the kingH4428, and you have not let your 13servantsH5650 knowH3045 whoH4310 shall sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 afterH310 him?”

28Then KingH4428 DavidH1732 respondedH6030 and saidH559, “SummonH7121 BathshebaH1339 to me.” And she cameH935 into the king’sH4428 presenceH6440 and stoodH5975 beforeH6440 the kingH4428. 29Then the kingH4428 vowedH7650 and saidH559, “14As the LordH3068 livesH2416, whoH834 has redeemedH6299 my lifeH5315 from allH3605 distressH6869, 30certainlyH3588 as 15I vowedH7650 to you by the LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, ‘Your sonH1121 SolomonH8010 certainlyH3588 shall beH4427 kingH4427 afterH310 me, and he shall sitH3427 on my throneH3678 inH8478 my placeH8478’; I will indeedH3588 doH6213 soH3651 thisH2088 dayH3117.” 31Then BathshebaH1339 bowedH6915 with her faceH639 to the groundH776, and prostratedH2331 herself before the kingH4428 and saidH559, “16May my lordH113 KingH4428 DavidH1732 liveH2421 foreverH5769.”