10 But Adonijah did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, his father’s special guard or his brother Solomon.

11 When Nathan heard about this, he went to Bathsheba. She was the mother of Solomon. Nathan asked her, “Have you heard what Adonijah, Haggith’s son, is doing? He has made himself king. And our real king, David, does not know it.

12 Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you how to save yourselves.