9. But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his grey head down to the grave in blood.’
10. Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
11. He had reigned for forty years over Israel – seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
12. So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.
13. Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, ‘Do you come peacefully?’He answered, ‘Yes, peacefully.’
14. Then he added, ‘I have something to say to you.’‘You may say it,’ she replied.
15. ‘As you know,’ he said, ‘the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord.
16. Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.’‘You may make it,’ she said.
17. So he continued, ‘Please ask King Solomon – he will not refuse you – to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.’
18. ‘Very well,’ Bathsheba replied, ‘I will speak to the king for you.’