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Bathsheba addresses David about the succession, fearful yet resolute. No visual flashback to her reported events.
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1 Kings 1:17-21

Bathsheba appeals to David

Solomon Becomes King · 1 Kings 1

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17She said to him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your female servant, ‘Surely Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’”

18And now, look, Adonijah has become king, and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

19And he sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and he invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but he did not invite Solomon your servant.

20And you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

21And when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.

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