1	Now the days of David drew nigh# that he should die# ; and he charged# Solomon his son, saying# ,
			2	I go# the way of all the earth: be thou strong# therefore, and shew thyself a man;
			3	And keep# the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk# in his ways, to keep# his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written# in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper# in all that thou doest# , and whithersoever thou turnest# thyself: [prosper: or, do wisely]
			4	That the LORD may continue# his word which he spake# concerning me, saying# , If thy 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# thee (said# he) a man on the throne of Israel. [fail...: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne]
			5	Moreover thou knowest# also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did# to me, and what he did# to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew# , and shed# the blood of war in peace, and put# the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. [shed: Heb. put]
			6	Do# therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down# to the grave in peace.
			7	But shew# kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat# at thy table: for so they came# to me when I fled# because of Absalom thy brother.
			8	And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed# me with a grievous# curse in the day when I went# to Mahanaim: but he came down# to meet# me at Jordan, and I sware# to him by the LORD, saying# , I will not put thee to death# with the sword. [grievous: Heb. strong]
			9	Now therefore hold him not guiltless# : for thou art a wise man, and knowest# what thou oughtest to do# unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down# to the grave with blood.
			10	So David slept# with his fathers, and was buried# in the city of David.
			11	And the days that David reigned# over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned# he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned# he in Jerusalem.
			12	Then sat# Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established# greatly.
			13	And Adonijah the son of Haggith came# to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said# , Comest# thou peaceably? And he said# , Peaceably.
			14	He said# moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said# , Say on# .
			15	And he said# , Thou knowest# that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set# their faces on me, that I should reign# : howbeit the kingdom is turned about# , and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
			16	And now I ask# one petition of thee, deny# me not. And she said# unto him, Say on# . [deny...: Heb. turn not away my face]
			17	And he said# , Speak# , I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say# thee nay# ,) that he give# me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
			18	And Bathsheba said# , Well; I will speak# for thee unto the king.
			19	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.
			20	Then she said# , I desire# one small petition of thee; I pray thee , say# me not nay# . And the king said# unto her, Ask on# , my mother: for I will not say# thee nay# .
			21	And she said# , Let Abishag the Shunammite be given# to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
			22	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 mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
			23	Then king Solomon sware# by the LORD, saying# , God do# so to me, and more also# , if Adonijah have not spoken# this word against his own life.
			24	Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established# me, and set# me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made# me an house, as he promised# , Adonijah shall be put to death# this day.
			25	And king Solomon sent# by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell# upon him that he died# .
			26	And unto Abiathar the priest said# the king, Get# thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death# , because thou barest# the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted# in all wherein my father was afflicted# . [worthy...: Heb. a man of death]
			27	So Solomon thrust out# Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil# the word of the LORD, which he spake# concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
			28	Then tidings came# to Joab: for Joab had turned# after Adonijah, though he turned# not after Absalom. And Joab fled# unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold# on the horns of the altar.
			29	And it was told# king Solomon that Joab was fled# unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent# Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying# , Go# , fall# upon him.
			30	And Benaiah came# to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said# unto him, Thus saith# the king, Come forth# . And he said# , Nay; but I will die# here. And Benaiah brought# the king word again# , saying# , Thus said# Joab, and thus he answered# me.
			31	And the king said# unto him, Do# as he hath said# , and fall# upon him, and bury# him; that thou mayest take away# the innocent blood, which Joab shed# , from me, and from the house of my father.
			32	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, my father David not knowing# thereof, 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	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.
			34	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.
			35	And 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	And the king sent# and called# for Shimei, and said# unto him, Build# thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell# there, and go not forth# thence any whither.
			37	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.
			38	And Shimei said# unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said# , so will thy servant do# . And Shimei dwelt# in Jerusalem many days.
			39	And 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 be in Gath.
			40	And Shimei arose# , and saddled# his ass, and went# to Gath to Achish to seek# his servants: and Shimei went# , and brought# his servants from Gath.
			41	And it was told# Solomon that Shimei had gone# from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again# .
			42	And 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 a certain# , on the day thou goest out# , and walkest# abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely# die# ? and thou saidst# unto me, The word that I have heard# is good.
			43	Why then hast thou not kept# the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged# thee with?
			44	The king said# moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest# all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to# , that thou didst# to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return# thy wickedness upon thine own head;
			45	And king Solomon shall be blessed# , and the throne of David shall be established# before the LORD for ever.
			46	So the king commanded# Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out# , and fell# upon him, that he died# . And the kingdom was established# in the hand of Solomon.