6. Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.
7. “Show loyalty to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table because they supported me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
8. “Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’
9. So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
10. Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
11. The length of time David reigned over Israel was 40 years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.
12. Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.