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

¹³ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do thou come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. ¹⁴ He said moreover, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Say on.

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

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

¹⁸ And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.