15. So Bath-sheba went to the king into the chamber. Now the king was very old, with Abishag the Shunammite serving the king.
16. Bath-sheba bowed and prostrated herself to the king. The king asked, “What troubles you?”
17. She said to him: “My lord, you swore by Adonai your God to your handmaid: ‘Surely, Solomon your son will be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
18. Yet now, behold, Adonijah reigns, though you do not know it—my lord the king.