“Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”
1 Kings 1:16 (WEB)
Context Reading
14Behold,while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.” 15Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. 16Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?” 17She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahwehyour Godto your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ 18Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.