18 UBati-Sheba wathi: “Kulungile; ngizakukukhulumela enkosini.”
19 Wayesehamba uBati Sheba, waya enkosini uSolomoni ukuba amkhulumele u-Adoniya kuyo. Inkosi yasukuma ukumhlangabeza, yamkhothamela, yahlala esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, yambekela unina wenkosi isihlalo, wahlala ngakwesokunene sayo.
20 Wayesethi kuyo: “Nginesicelo sinye nje esincane kuwe; ungangifulatheli.”Inkosi yathi kuye: “Cela-ke, mame ngokuba angiyikukufulathela.”
21 Wathi-ke: “U-Abishagi waseShunemi makanikwe ku-Adoniya umfowenu, abe ngumkakhe.”
22 Inkosi uSolomoni yaphendula, yathi kunina: “Umcelelelani u-Adoniya u-Abishagi waseShunemi na? Mcelele nombuso futhi, ngokuba ungumnewethu; yebo, mcelele yena no-Abiyathara umpristi, noJowabe indodana kaSeruya.”
23 Inkosi uSolomoni yayisifunga uJehova ngokuthi: “UNkulunkulu makenze njalo kimi, enezele futhi, uma u-Adoniya engakhulumanga leli zwi libe ngelokufa kwakhe.
24 Ngalokho, kuphila kukaJehova ongiqinisileyo, wangibeka esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide ubaba, wangenza indlu njengokukhuluma kwakhe; namhla nje uyakubulawa u-Adoniya.”