¹⁸ And now, hinei, Adoniyah reigneth as Melech; and now, adoni HaMelech, thou knowest it not;

¹⁹ And he hath sacrificed shor and fatted bull and tzon in abundance, and hath invited all the Bnei HaMelech, and Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen, and Yoav the Sar HaTzava; but Sh’lomo thy eved hath he not invited.

²⁰ And thou, adoni HaMelech, the eyes of kol Yisroel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the kisse adoni HaMelech after him.