‘You know the kingship was mine,’ he said. ‘All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
She replied, ‘My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, “Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.”
Go, approach King David and say to him, “My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king? ”