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Nathan warned Bathsheba that Adonijah was reigning and that she and Solomon could be treated as offenders if David did not act (1 Kings 1:11-12). Bathsheba told David that Adonijah had become king without David’s knowledge and reminded him of his oath about Solomon (1 Kings 1:15-18). Nathan then confirmed the report and pressed David to clarify who would sit on the throne (1 Kings 1:22-27).
11Then Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Haven`t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn`t know it?
12Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
13Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn`t you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
14Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
15Bath-sheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
16Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?
17She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
18Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don`t know it:
19and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn`t called Solomon your servant.
20You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
23They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
25For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king`s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
26But he hasn`t called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
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?