17 He then said: “Please, ask Solʹo·mon the king—for he will not turn you away—to give me Abʹi·shag+ the Shuʹnam·mite as a wife.”

22 At this King Solʹo·mon answered his mother: “Why are you requesting Abʹi·shag the Shuʹnam·mite for Ad·o·niʹjah? You may as well request the kingship for him,+ for he is my older brother,+ and supporting him are A·biʹa·thar the priest and Joʹab+ the son of Ze·ruʹiah.”+