“Certainly,” said Bathsheba. “I’ll speak to the king for you.”
“Ask King Solomon—he won’t turn you down—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
Bathsheba went to King Solomon to present Adonijah’s request. The king got up and welcomed her, bowing respectfully, and returned to his throne. Then he had a throne put in place for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.
The gullible believe anything they’re told; the prudent sift and weigh every word.
