¹⁰ but he did not invite^(A) Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.^(B)

¹¹ Then Nathan asked Bathsheba,^(C) Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah,^(D) the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it? ¹² Now then, let me advise^(E) you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.