rsv 1Kings:2:17-25
rsv@1Kings:2:17 @ And he said, "Pray ask King Solomon--he will not refuse you--to give me Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite as my wife."
rsv@1Kings:2:18 @ Bathshe'ba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
rsv@1Kings:2:19 @ So Bathshe'ba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adoni'jah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother; and she sat on his right.
rsv@1Kings:2:20 @ 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."
rsv@1Kings:2:21 @ She said, "Let Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite be given to Adoni'jah your brother as his wife."
rsv@1Kings:2:22 @ King Solomon answered his mother, "And why do you ask Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite for Adoni'jah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and on his side are Abi'athar the priest and Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah."
rsv@1Kings:2:23 @ Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adoni'jah his life!
rsv@1Kings:2:24 @ Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adoni'jah shall be put to death this day."
rsv@1Kings:2:25 @ So King Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he struck him down, and he died.