And Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know?
And Absalom sent spies among all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the rams’ horn, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
And David the king said to all the congregation, My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender. And the work is great, for the temple is not for man, but for Jehovah God.