17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Solomon your son surely shall become king after me, and he will sit upon my throne!’
18 But now, look! Adonijah has become king! And now, my lord the king, you do not know!
19 He has sacrificed oxen and sheep and fattened animals in abundance, and he has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he did not invite.
20 But as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be considered as sinners.”
22 While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
23 They told the king, “Nathan the prophet is here.” He came into the presence of the king and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.