1 Kings 2:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ Bathsheba said, ‘Very well; I will speak to the king on your behalf.’

¹⁹ So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right. ²⁰ Then she said, ‘I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.’ And the king said to her, ‘Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you.’