How to Save Yourself and Your Son Solomon

Nathan tells Bathsheba, "Let me give you some advice. Then this advice is going to save your own life and the life of your son Solomon" The king was very old and Abishag, the Shunamite was attending to him in his chamber. So it's kind of an odd mixture of individuals to kind of picture here. He puts the words in her mouth: Did you not, my Lord, the king swear to your servant saying, Solomon, your son shall reign after me? And he shall sit on my throne.