And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Why dost thou ask Abishag? ... ask for him the kingdom also - (see the notes at 2 Samuel 16:11; also at 12:8.) Solomon's indignation was roused; he in a moment penetrated the artful scheme; and, from Adonijah's associating the names of Abiathar and Joab, he seems to have suspected or known that those deep schemers had been his prompters.