(SEE 1:29)
Go say to David, "You promised me that Solomon would be the next king. So why is Adonijah now king?"
Bathsheba answered: Your Majesty, you promised me in the name of the LORD your God that my son Solomon would be the next king.
His son Solomon became king and took control of David's kingdom.
The LORD has blessed me with many sons, but he chose my son Solomon to be the next king of Israel.
So Solomon became king after David his father. Solomon was successful, and everyone in Israel obeyed him.
David was rich and respected and lived to be an old man. Then he died, and his son Solomon became king.
The king's word is law. No one can ask him, "Why are you doing this?"
