"Then he said, 'I have something to say to you.' And she said, 'Say on.'" — Adonijah frames his request formally: *dabar li dabar* (I have a word to speak to you). Bathsheba's permission—*dabber* (speak)—invites the request. The narrative pacing here is deliberate; each exchange emphasizes that Adonijah must *ask*, must *petition*, must approach as a supplicant, not as a rival claimant.

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