1 Kings 1:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself to the king. And the king said, “What is your wish?”

¹⁷ And she answered him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your handmaid, ‘Assuredly Solomon (your son) shall reign after me. And he shall sit upon my throne.’

¹⁸ “And behold, now Adonijah is king. And now, my lord, O king, you do not know it.