⁷Adonijah talked with Joab… and Abiathar the priest. They decided to help make him the new king…

¹¹When Nathan (the prophet) heard about this, he went to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba and asked her,

“Have you heard what … Adonijah, is doing? He is making himself king. And…

King David, knows nothing about it.

¹²You and your son Solomon are in danger, but I will tell you what to do to save yourself.

¹³Go to King David and tell him…

¹⁷Bathsheba (went to King David), “Sir, you used the name of the Lord your God and made a promise to me.

You said, ‘Your son Solomon will be the next king after me. He will sit on my throne.’

¹⁸Now, you don’t know this, but Adonijah is making himself king.

²⁰Now, my lord and king, all the Israelites are watching you. They are waiting for you to decide who will be the next king after you.

²¹If you don’t decide, then after you are buried, these men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”

²⁹Then the king made a promise...

³⁰Today I will do what I promised you in the past.

I made that promise by the power of the Lord, the God of Israel.

I promised that your son Solomon would be the next king after me.

I promised that he would take my place on my throne, and I will keep my promise!”

Eyes Open?