Adonijah’s Hidden Ambition 💔 The Request for Abishag After King David’s death, Solomon sat firmly on the throne. Adonijah, David’s son who had earlier tried to seize the kingdom, appeared to surrender his claim. But his ambition had not fully died. He approached Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, with a respectful request: he asked permission to marry Abishag the Shunammite—the young woman who had cared for King David in his final days. On the surface, the request seemed harmless… even romantic. But