Bible Verses About Bath-Sheba

And Adonias, the son of Haggith, came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy coming peaceable? He answered: It is peaceable.

And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:

Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by the Lord.

Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife.

And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face.

And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.