¹³ Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, ^(A)“Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’

¹⁷ She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, ^(A)‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’