16. And Bathsheḇa bowed and did obeisance to the sovereign. And the sovereign said, “What do you wish?”
17. And she said to him, “My master, you swore by יהוה your Elohim to your female servant, saying, ‘Certainly, Shelomoh your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
18. “And now, look! Aḏoniyah has become sovereign. And now, my master the sovereign, you do not know about it.