7. “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them eat at your table, for with such loyalty they supported me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
8. “There is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
9. Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him. Bring his gray head 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. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12. So Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come in peace?”And he said, “I come peaceably.”
14. Then he said, “I have something to say to you.”And she said, “Speak.”
15. He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel viewed me as the king. However, the kingdom has become my brother’s, for it was given to him by the Lord.
16. And now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me.”She said to him, “Keep speaking.”
17. And he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”
18. Bathsheba said, “Very well, I will speak to the king on your behalf.”
19. So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a seat placed at his right hand for her to sit upon.
20. Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you. Please do not deny me.”And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”