¹³ Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear^(A) to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

The Levites

23 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon^(A) king over Israel.^(B)