1 Kings 2:13–25

¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, ^bComest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. ¹⁴He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. ¹⁵And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was ^cmine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for ^dit was his from the Lord. ¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. ¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me ^eAbishag the ^fShunammite to wife. ¹⁸And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. ¹⁹Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; ^gand she sat on his right hand. ²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. ²¹And she said, Let ^eAbishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. ²²And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask ^eAbishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; ^hfor he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for ⁱAbiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. ²³Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, ^jGod do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. ²⁴Now therefore, ^kas the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, ^las he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. ²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of ^mBenaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.