Melachim I 2:13-22 מלכים א ב׳:י״ג-כ״ב

Adoniyohu ben Chagis came to Bas Sheva, the mother of Shlomo, and she said, “Do you come in peace?” He said, “[I come in] peace.”

And he said, “I have something to say to you.” And she said, “speak.”

And he said, “You know that the kingdom was [rightfully] mine, and upon me all Yisroel set their faces that I should reign, but in a turn about, the kingdom reverted to my brother, for it was so ordained from Adonoy.

And now I have one request to ask of you. Do not refuse me,” and she said to him, “Speak.”

And he said, “Please speak to Shlomo Hamelech, for he will not refuse you, and let him give me Avishag, the Shunamis, as a wife.”

And Bas Sheva said, “Good, I will speak for you to the king.”

And Bas Sheva came to Shlomo Hamelech to speak to him on behalf of Adoniyohu. The king got up to greet her and bowed to her. Then he sat on his throne, and had a throne set up for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right.

And she said, “One small request I [must] ask of you, do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask of me, my mother for I will not refuse you.”

And she said, “Let Avishag the Shunamis be given to Adoniyohu, your brother, as a wife.”

Shlomo Hamelech answered and said to his mother, “Why do you ask [only] that Avishag the Shunamis [be given to] Adoniyohu, ask that the kingdom be given to him, since he is my older brother; to him and to Evyosor, the kohein, and to Yoav ben Tsruyoh.”