14 "While you are still talking to the king, I'll come in. I'll tell him that what you have said is true."
15 So Bathsheba went to see the old king in his room. Abishag, the Shunammite, was taking care of him there.
16 Bathsheba bowed low. She got down on her knees in front of the king. "What do you want?" the king asked.
17 She said to him, "My master, you took an oath in the name of the Lord your God. You promised me, 'Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne.'
18 "But now Adonijah has made himself king. And you don't even know about it.
19 He has sacrificed large numbers of cattle, fat calves and sheep. He has invited all of the king's sons. He has also invited the priest Abiathar and Joab, the commander of the army. But he hasn't invited your son Solomon.
20 "You are my king and master. All of the people of Israel are watching to see what you will do. They want to find out from you who will sit on the throne after you.