And Bathsheba said, Well, I shall speak for thee to the king.
And he said, I pray, that thou say to Solomon the king; for he may not deny anything to thee; that he give me Abishag of Shunem to wife.
Therefore Bathsheba came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah; and the king rose against the coming of her, and worshipped her, and sat on his throne; and a throne was set to the mother of the king, and she sat at his right side.
An innocent man believeth to each word; a fell [or witting] man beholdeth his goings.