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

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

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the shofar, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron!

So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?

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

Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king, and you have not declared to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.