1 Kings 2:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ I just want to talk with you.”

“All right,” she told him, “go ahead.”

¹⁵ “You know that I was king for a little while,” Adonijah replied. “And everyone in Israel accepted me as their ruler. But the Lord wanted my brother to be king, so now things have changed. ¹⁶ Would you do me a favor?”

“What do you want?” Bathsheba asked.