and it's really important to remember that, at this point, the tradition of the crown always going from father to eldest son is not that well established. we're talking about a world, in which, until very recently, the strongest guy got the crown. this creates this knot where we don't know who the crown is going to go to. >> all the mothers of the different sons were, all, arguing for their sons to be made kings. >> just as much as kings were making alliances, wives were making alliances, too, in order to make sure that they would be taken care of. >> but bathsheba was david's favorite wife. and bathsheba used her influence to make sure that david named her son, solomon, as the next king of israel. >> for david, this is a way of toning to her for what he did. he took her husband away.