1 Kings 2:13-18 - Adonijah's Persistence

¹³ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? and he said, Peaceably. ¹⁴ He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to thee. And she said, Say on.

¹⁵ And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: but the kingdom is turned about, and hath become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. ¹⁶ And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

¹⁷ And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say to thee no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunamite for a wife.

¹⁸ And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.