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* Now the days of David drew near that he should die ; and he charged Solomon , his son , saying , * I go the way of all the earth ; be thou strong therefore and show thyself a man . * Keep the charge of the LORD thy God , walking in his ways , keeping his statutes and his commandments and his rights and his testimonies , as it is written in the law of Moses , that thou may have understanding in all that thou doest and in everything that thou dost undertake , * that the LORD may confirm the word which he spoke concerning me , saying , If thy sons take heed to their way , walking before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul , there shall not fail thee (said he ) a man on the throne of Israel . * Moreover thou knowest also what Joab , the son of Zeruiah , did to me [and ] what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel , unto Abner , the son of Ner and unto Amasa , the son of Jether , whom he slew , shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that [was ] about his loins and in his shoes that [were ] on his feet . * Do , therefore , according to thy wisdom and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace . * But show mercy unto the sons of Barzillai , the Gileadite , and let them be of those that eat at thy table , for they came thus unto me when I fled because of Absalom , thy brother . * And , behold , [thou hast ] with thee Shimei , the son of Gera , a 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 the LORD , saying , I will not put thee to death with the sword . * Now therefore do not hold him guiltless , for thou [art ] a wise man and knowest what thou should do with him , but thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood . * And David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David . * The days that David reigned over Israel [were ] forty years ; he reigned seven years in Hebron , and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem . * Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father , and his kingdom was established greatly . * Then Adonijah , the son of Haggith , came to Bathsheba , the mother of Solomon . And she said , Comest thou peaceably ? And he said , Peaceably . * He said moreover , I have a word to say unto thee . And she said , Say on . * And he said , Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine and [that ] all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign , but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother 's , for by the LORD it was his . * And now I ask one petition of thee , do not deny me . And she said unto him , Say on . * Then he said , Speak , I pray thee , unto Solomon the king (for he will not deny thee ) that he give me Abishag , the Shunammite to wife . * And Bathsheba said , Well , I will speak for thee unto the king . * Bathsheba , therefore , went unto King Solomon , to speak unto him for Adonijah . And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the king 's mother , and she sat on his right hand . * Then she said , I desire one small petition of thee ; [I pray thee ], do not deny me . And the king said unto her , Ask on , my mother , for I will not deny thee . * And she said , Let Abishag , the Shunammite , be given to Adonijah , thy brother , to wife . * And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother , And why dost thou ask Abishag , the Shunammite , for Adonijah ? Ask for him the kingdom also , for he [is ] my elder brother and he also has Abiathar , the priest , and Joab , the son of Zeruiah . * Then King Solomon swore by the LORD , saying , God do so to me and more also , if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life . * Now , therefore , [as ] the LORD lives , who has confirmed me , and set me on the throne of David , my father , and who has made me a house , as he promised , Adonijah shall be put to death today . * Then King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada ; and he fell upon him that he died . * And unto Abiathar , the priest , the king said , Go to Anathoth , unto thine own inheritance , for thou [art ] worthy of death ; but I will not put thee to death today because thou didst bare the ark of the Lord GOD before David , my father , and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted . * So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD that he might fulfil the word of the LORD , which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh . * And the news came to Joab , for Joab had turned after Adonijah , though he had not turned after Absalom . And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar . * And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and that he was by the altar . Then Solomon sent Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , saying , Go , fall upon him . * And Benaiah entered into the tabernacle of the LORD and said unto him , Thus saith the king , Come forth . And he said , No , but I will die here . And Benaiah brought the king word again , saying , Thus said Joab , and thus he answered me . * And the king said unto him , Do as he has said and fall upon him and bury him that thou may take away from me and from the house of my father the blood which Joab shed without a cause . * And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head , who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and slew them with the sword without my father David knowing of it : Abner , the son of Ner , captain of the host of Israel , and Amasa , the son of Jether , captain of the host of Judah . * Their blood shall , therefore , return upon the head of Joab , and upon the head of his seed for ever ; but upon David and upon his seed and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace for ever from the LORD . * So Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , went up and fell upon him and slew him , and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness . * And the king put Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , in his place over the host ; and Zadok , the priest , the king put in the place of Abiathar . * [Afterward ] the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him , Build thee a house in Jerusalem and dwell there , and do not go forth from there anywhere . * For it shall be [that ] on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook Kidron , thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die ; thy blood shall be upon thine own head . * And Shimei said unto the king , The word [is ] good as my lord the king has said , so will thy servant do . And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days . * But it came to pass at the end of three years that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish , son of Maachah , king of Gath . And they told Shimei , saying , Behold , thy servants [are ] in Gath . * And Shimei arose and saddled his ass and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants . Shimei went , therefore , and brought his servants from Gath . * And it was told Solomon how Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come again . * Then the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him , Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD and protested unto thee , saying , Know for certain , on the day thou goest out and walkest abroad anywhere that thou shalt surely die ? And thou didst say unto me , The word [that ] I have heard [is ] good . * Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have charged thee with ? * The king said moreover to Shimei , Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart knoweth well that thou didst to David my father ; therefore , the LORD has turned thy wickedness upon thine own head ; * and King Solomon [shall be ] blessed , and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever . * Then the king commanded Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , who went out and fell upon him that he died . And the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon .:

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