Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Ver. 13. Didst not thou swear … unto thine handmaid?] This was done, say the Rabbis, at that time when David comforted Bathsheba, and went in unto her, and lay with her. 2Sa 12:24 Lyra saith, that then it was revealed unto him, that this son of his by Bathsheba should reign after him: this was no small comfort to her.