And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, did you say, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, then shall you say, Absalom has become king in Hebron.

And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not?

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, did you say, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and have you not made known to your servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?

Yet now, brothers, I know that according to ignorance you did [this], as indeed also your rulers.