8 “And see, you have with you aShimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But bhe came down to meet me at the Jordan, and cI swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
9 Now therefore, ado not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bbring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”
Death of David
10 So aDavid rested with his fathers, and was buried in bthe City of David.
11 The period that David areigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
12 aThen Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was bfirmly established.
Solomon Executes Adonijah
13 Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, a“Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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