1 Kings 1:27-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁷ Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?’

The Accession of Solomon

²⁸ King David answered, ‘Summon Bathsheba to me.’ So she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. ²⁹ The king swore, saying, ‘As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity,