27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven`t showed to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28Then king David answered, Call to me Bath-sheba. She came into the king`s presence, and stood before the king.
29The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
30most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
31Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
32King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came before the king.
33The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
