1 Kings 2:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷ So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag^(A) the Shunammite as my wife.”

¹⁸ “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”

¹⁹ When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother,^(B) and she sat down at his right hand.^(C)