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.
13. Now Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come peacefully? ”“Peacefully,” he replied,
14. and then asked, “May I talk with you? ” “Go ahead,” she answered.
15. “You know the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
16. So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.” She said to him, “Go on.”
17. He replied, “Please speak to King Solomon since he won’t turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”
18. “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
19. So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother. So she sat down at his right hand.
20. Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”
21. So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
22. King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my elder brother, you might as well ask the kingship for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.”
23. Then Solomon took an oath by the Lord: “May God punish me and do so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.
24. And now, as the Lord lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised — I swear Adonijah will be put to death today! ”