17 Then he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king—for he will not [a]refuse you—that he may give me (A)Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.” 18 And Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak to the king for you.”

Adonijah Executed

19 So 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 (B)had a throne set up for the king’s mother, and (C)she sat on his right.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:17 Lit turn away your face

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