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.”