[1] Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged
Solomon his son, saying, [2] I am going the way of all the earth: be you
strong therefore, and show yourself a man; [3] and keep the charge of
Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his
commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that
which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you
do, and wherever you turn yourself. [4] That Yahweh may establish his word
which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their
way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their
soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. [5]
Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he
did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner,
and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war
in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins,
and in his shoes that were on his feet. [6] Do therefore according to your
wisdom, and don`t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. [7] But show
kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those
who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your
brother. [8] Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the
Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when
I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore
to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. [9]
Now therefore don`t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you
will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head
down to Sheol with blood. [10] David slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the city of David. [11] The days that David reigned over Israel were
forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years
reigned he in Jerusalem. [12] Solomon sat on the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly. [13] Then Adonijah the son
of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. She said, Come you
peaceably? He said, Peaceably. [14] He said moreover, I have somewhat to
tell you. She said, Say on. [15] He said, You know that the kingdom was
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign:
however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother`s; for it was
his from Yahweh. [16] Now I ask one petition of you; don`t deny me. She
said to him, Say on. [17] He said, Please speak to Solomon the king (for he
will not tell you `no`), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
[18] Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king. [19]
Bath-sheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah.
The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his
throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king`s mother; and she sat on
his right hand. [20] Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don`t
deny me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
[21] She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother
as wife. [22] King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag the
Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder
brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of
Zeruiah. [23] Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
[24] Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on
the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised,
surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day. [25] King Solomon sent by
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died. [26] To
Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, to your own fields;
for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death,
because you bear the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and
because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted. [27] So
Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might
fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in
Shiloh. [28] The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he didn`t turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar. [29] It was told king Solomon, Joab
is fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then
Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him. [30]
Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says the king,
Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here. Benaiah brought the king word
again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. [31] The king said
to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take
away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father`s
house. [32] Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell
on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the
sword, and my father David didn`t know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner,
captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the
host of Judah. [33] So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on
the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his
house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh. [34]
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him;
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. [35] The king put
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest
did the king put in the room of Abiathar. [36] The king sent and called for
Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell
there, and don`t go forth from there any where. [37] For on the day you go
out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know you for certain that you shall
surely die: your blood shall be on your own head. [38] Shimei said to the
king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your
servant do. Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. [39] It happened at the
end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish,
son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your
servants are in Gath. [40] Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went
to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath. [41] It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. [42] The king sent and called for
Shimei, and said to him, Didn`t I adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you,
saying, Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any
where, you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying that I have
heard is good. [43] Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the
commandment that I have charged you with? [44] The king said moreover to
Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you
did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on
your own head. [45] But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of
David shall be established before Yahweh forever. [46] So the king
commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so
that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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