Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him.

¹⁵ So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag^(A) the Shunammite was attending him. ¹⁶ Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king.

“What is it you want?” the king asked.

¹⁷ She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore^(B) to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’

²⁹ The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,^{(A) 30} I will surely carry out this very day what I swore^(B) to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

³¹ Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”