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 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 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 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 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
