¹⁵ So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag^(A) the Shunammite was attending him.

⁷ Now Saul had had a concubine^(A) named Rizpah^(B) daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

¹⁷ So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag^(A) the Shunammite as my wife.”

²² King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag^(A) the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother^(B)—yes, for him and for Abiathar^(C) the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!”