27. Did you do this? Since we are your servants, why didn’t you tell us who should be king after you?”
28. Then the king said, “Tell Bathsheba to come in!” So she came in and stood before the king.
29. Then the king made this promise, “The Lord has saved me from all trouble. As surely as he lives,
30. I will do today what I have promised you in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. I promised that your son Solomon would be king after me and rule on my throne in my place.”
31. Then Bathsheba bowed facedown on the ground and knelt before the king and said, “Long live my master King David!”