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 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 she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon.
If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will reign. And he prepared a chariot for himself, and horsemen, and fifty men running before his face.