And yet while thou shalt speak there with the king, I shall come after thee, and fulfill thy words.
Go thou, and enter to king David, and say thou to him, Whether not thou, my lord the king, hast sworn to me, thine handmaid, and saidest, that Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit in my throne? Why therefore reigneth Adonijah?
Therefore Bathsheba entered to the king in the closet or bed-place; and the king was full eld, and Abishag of Shunem ministered to him.
Lo! this third time I come to you, and in the mouth of two or of three witnesses every word shall stand.