16 Bathsheba bowed down on her face before the king.The king asked, "What do you want?"
17 She said to him, "Your Majesty, you swore by the Lord your God to your servant, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne.’
18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king, and my master the king doesn’t know about it.
19 He has prepared large quantities of oxen, fattened cattle, and lamb. He has invited all the royal princes as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the general. However, he didn’t invite your servant Solomon.
20 As for you, my master the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will follow you on the throne of my master the king.
21 When my master the king lies down with his ancestors, then I and my son Solomon will become outlaws."
22 While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan arrived.