- Bathsheba bowed low and knelt before the king. "What is it you want?" the king asked.
- She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.'
- But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it.
- He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
- My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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- Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"
- She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God, saying, 'Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.'
- "Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
- "He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
- "As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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