1 Kings 2:8–14

8 “Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim.k But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord, ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’l 9 So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

10 Then David rested with his ancestorsm and was buried in the city of David.n 11 The length of time David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.o 12 Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.p

ADONIJAH’S FOOLISH REQUEST

13 Now Adonijah son of Haggithq came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come peacefully?”

“Peacefully,” he replied,r 14 and then asked, “May I talk with you?”B

“Go ahead,” she answered.