12 USolomoni wayesehlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide uyise; umbuso wakhe waqiniswa kakhulu.
13 Wayesefika u-Adoniya indodana kaHagiti kuBati Sheba unina kaSolomoni. Wathi: “Uze nokuthula na?”Wathi yena: “Yebo, ngize nokuthula.”
14 Wayesethi: “Nginendaba kuwe.”Wathi: “Khuluma.”
15 Wathi-ke: “Uyazi wena ukuthi umbuso wawungowami nokuthi wonke u-Israyeli wabhekisa kimi ubuso bakhe ukuba ngibuse; kepha umbuso usuguquliwe, sewaba ngowomfowethu, ngokuba wawuthola kuJehova.
16 Sengicela into inye kuwe, ungangifulatheli.”Wathi kuye: “Khuluma.”
17 Wayesethi: “Ake ukhulume kuSolomoni inkosi, ngokuba akayikukufulathela wena, ukuba anginike u-Abishagi waseShunemi abe ngumkami.”
18 UBati-Sheba wathi: “Kulungile; ngizakukukhulumela enkosini.”