Now Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, ‘Do you come peacefully? ’ ‘Peacefully,’ he replied,
the fourth was Adonijah, son of Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah, son of Abital;
and then asked, ‘May I talk with you? ’ ‘Go ahead,’ she answered.
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, ‘Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it?