1 Kings 1:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² Now therefore come, let me give you advice, so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³ Go in at once to King David, and say to him, “Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying: Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then is Adonijah king?” ¹⁴ Then while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.’