⁶ (And his father had not ^[a]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. ^(A)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

¹⁵ Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was ^(A)mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for ^(B)it was his from the Lord.

² the third, ^(A)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, ^(B)Adonijah the son of Haggith;

^5 (A)And these were born to him in Jerusalem: ^[a]Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^(B)Solomon—four by ^[b]Bathshua the daughter of ^[c]Ammiel.