"Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, 'Do you come peaceably?' He said, 'Peaceably.'" — Adonijah approaches Bathsheba with formal courtesy: *'atah shalom*, "do you come in peace?" The *shalom* (peace) greeting is diplomatic but fraught—it suggests Adonijah wishes to negotiate or at least communicate without hostility. Bathsheba's response—*shalom*—grants him audience, but the narrative emphasizes the tension beneath courtesies.

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