And Adonijah ... came. —Adonijah's request to Bathsheba, and the signs of honour paid to her by the king—of which there i…

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother
of Solomon
Into her apa…

Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let no one be asked for what they ought not to grant. It ill become…