And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the (l) kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
(l) Meaning, that if he would have granted Abishag, who was so dear to his father, he would later have aspired for the kingdom.