16. And Bathsheba bowed and worshipped the king. And the king said, What dost thou desire?
17. And she said unto him, My lord, thou didst sware by the Lord thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne;
18. and now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, thou dost not know it.
19. He has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance and has called all the sons of the king and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the captain of the host; but he has not invited Solomon, thy slave.