9 One day, at Zoheleth Rock near En Rogel,[2] Adonijah sacrificed some sheep, cattle, and fat calves as a fellowship offering. He invited his brothers (the other sons of King David) and all the officers from Judah.

10 But he did not invite his brother Solomon, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, or the men in the king’s special guard.

11 When Nathan heard about this, he went to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba and asked her, “Have you heard what Haggith’s son, Adonijah, is doing? He is making himself king. And our master, King David, knows nothing about it.