⁶ And his father had never rebuked him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and ^[a](A)he was born after Absalom.

¹⁵ So he said, “You yourself know that ^(A)the kingdom was mine and ^(B)that all Israel ^[a]intended for me to be king; ^(C)however, the kingdom has turned around and become my brother’s, ^(D)for it was his from the Lord.

² the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

^5 (A)These were the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^(B)Solomon, four by ^(C)Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;