1 Kings 2:7-14

⁷But be kind to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. Bring them into your royal court, for they helped me when I ran from your brother Absalom.

⁸Don't you forget Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed me with painful words when I went to Mahanaim. When he met me at the Jordan I swore to him by the Lord, ‘I will not kill you with the sword.’

⁹So don't leave him unpunished. You're a wise man and you know what you have to do to him—send him down into the grave with blood on his gray head.”

¹⁰Then David died and his was buried in the City of David.

¹¹His reign over Israel lasted forty years; seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹²Solomon took over as king, sitting on the throne of his father David, and his hold on his kingdom was secure.

¹³Adonijah, son of Haggith, went to see Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She asked him, “Have you come here with good intentions?” He replied, “Yes, with good intentions.”

¹⁴“I have something I'd like to ask of you,” he continued. “Go on,” she said.