9. So do not hold him guiltless; for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him. His hoary head bring down to the grave with blood.
10. So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
11. David reigned over Israel forty years–seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12. Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13. Adonijah, the son of [David and] Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. She said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14. He said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.
15. He said, You know that the kingdom belonged to me [as the eldest living son], and all Israel looked to me to reign. However, the kingdom has passed from me to my brother; for it was his from the Lord.
16. Now I make one request of you; do not deny me. And she said, Say on.