She said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”

So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”