1Ki 1:11, 13 | ESV | STEP | Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon , Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?

a[See ver. 5 above]

1 Kings 1:11

Nathan and Bathsheba Before David

11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that ^aAdonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?

1 Kings 1:13

13 Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, ^b“Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’