11David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.
13Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.
14Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.
15And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.
16Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.
17Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?
