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2When David's time to die approached, he charged his son Solomon, saying,H3117H1732H7126H4191H6680H8010H1121H559 2"I'm about to go the way of all the earth, but you—be strong; show what you're made of!H1980H1870H776H2388H376 3Do what GOD tells you. Walk in the paths he shows you: Follow the life-map absolutely, keep an eye out for the signposts, his course for life set out in the revelation to Moses; then you'll get on well in whatever you do and wherever you go.H8104H4931H3068H430H3212H1870H8104H2708H4687H4941H5715H3789H8451H4872H7919H6213H6437 4Then GOD will confirm what he promised me when he said, 'If your sons watch their step, staying true to me heart and soul, you'll always have a successor on Israel's throne.'H3068H6965H1697H1696H559H1121H8104H1870H3212H6440H571H3824H5315H3772H559H376H3678H3478 5"And don't forget what Joab son of Zeruiah did to the two commanders of Israel's army, to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in cold blood, acting in peacetime as if he were at war, and has been stained with that blood ever since.H3045H3097H1121H6870H6213H6213H8147H8269H6635H3478H74H1121H5369H6021H1121H3500H2026H7760H1818H4421H7965H5414H1818H4421H2290H4975H5275H7272 6Do what you think best with him, but by no means let him get off scot-free—make him pay.H6213H2451H7872H3381H7585H7965 7"But be generous to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite—extend every hospitality to them; that's the way they treated me when I was running for my life from Absalom your brother.H6213H2617H1121H1271H1569H398H7979H7126H1272H6440H53H251 8"You also will have to deal with Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim, the one who cursed me so viciously when I was on my way to Mahanaim. Later, when he welcomed me back at the Jordan, I promised him under GOD, 'I won't put you to death.'H8096H1121H1617H1145H980H7043H4834H7045H3117H3212H4266H3381H7125H3383H7650H3068H559H4191H2719 9But neither should you treat him as if nothing ever happened. You're wise, you know how to handle these things. You'll know what to do to make him pay before he dies."H5352H2450H376H3045H6213H7872H3381H7585H1818 10Then David joined his ancestors. He was buried in the City of David.H1732H7901H1H6912H5892H1732 11David ruled Israel for forty years—seven years in Hebron and another thirty-three in Jerusalem.H3117H1732H4427H3478H705H8141H7651H8141H4427H2275H7970H7969H8141H4427H3389 12Solomon took over on the throne of his father David; he had a firm grip on the kingdom.H3427H8010H3678H1732H1H4438H3559H3966

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13Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She said, "Do you come in peace?" He said, "In peace."H138H1121H2294H935H1339H517H8010H559H935H7965H559H7965 14And then, "May I say something to you?" "Go ahead," she said, "speak."H559H1697H559H1696 15"You know that I had the kingdom right in my hands and everyone expected me to be king, and then the whole thing backfired and the kingdom landed in my brother's lap—GOD's doing.H559H3045H4410H3478H7760H6440H4427H4410H5437H251H3068 16So now I have one request to ask of you; please don't refuse me." "Go ahead, ask," she said.H7592H259H7596H7725H6440H559H1696 17"Ask King Solomon—he won't turn you down—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."H559H559H8010H4428H7725H6440H7725H5414H49H7767H802 18"Certainly," said Bathsheba. "I'll speak to the king for you."H1339H559H2896H1696H4428 19Bathsheba went to King Solomon to present Adonijah's request. The king got up and welcomed her, bowing respectfully, and returned to his throne. Then he had a throne put in place for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.H1339H935H4428H8010H1696H138H4428H6965H7125H7812H3427H3678H3678H7760H4428H517H3427H3225 20She said, "I have a small favor to ask of you. Don't refuse me." The king replied, "Go ahead, Mother; of course I won't refuse you."H559H7592H259H6996H7596H7725H6440H7725H4428H559H7592H517H7725H6440H7725 21She said, "Give Abishag the Shunammite to your brother Adonijah as his wife."H559H49H7767H5414H138H251H802 22King Solomon answered his mother, "What kind of favor is this, asking that Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah? Why don't you just ask me to hand over the whole kingdom to him on a platter since he is my older brother and has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side!"H4428H8010H6030H559H517H7592H49H7767H138H7592H4410H1419H251H54H3548H3097H1121H6870 23Then King Solomon swore under GOD, "May God do his worst to me if Adonijah doesn't pay for this with his life!H4428H8010H7650H3068H559H430H6213H3254H138H1696H1697H5315 24As surely as GOD lives, the God who has set me firmly on the throne of my father David and has put me in charge of the kingdom just as he promised, Adonijah will die for this—today!"H3068H2416H3559H3427H3678H1732H1H6213H1004H1696H138H4191H3117 25King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck Adonijah and he died.H4428H8010H7971H3027H1141H1121H3077H6293H4191 26The king then told Abiathar the priest, "You're exiled to your place in Anathoth. You deserve death but I'm not going to kill you—for now anyway—because you were in charge of the Chest of our ruling GOD in the company of David my father, and because you shared all the hard times with my father."H54H3548H559H4428H3212H6068H7704H376H4194H3117H4191H5375H727H136H3069H6440H1732H1H6031H1H6031 27Solomon stripped Abiathar of his priesthood, fulfilling GOD's word at Shiloh regarding the family of Eli.H8010H1644H54H3548H3068H4390H1697H3068H1696H1004H5941H7887 28When this news reached Joab, this Joab who had conspired with Adonijah (although he had remained loyal in the Absalom affair), he took refuge in the sanctuary of GOD, seizing the horns of the Altar and holding on for dear life.H8052H935H3097H3097H5186H310H138H5186H310H53H3097H5127H168H3068H2388H7161H4196 29King Solomon was told that Joab had escaped to the sanctuary of GOD and was clinging to the Altar; he immediately sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada with orders, "Kill him."H5046H4428H8010H3097H5127H168H3068H681H4196H8010H7971H1141H1121H3077H559H3212H6293 30Benaiah went to the sanctuary of GOD and said, "King's orders: Come out." He said, "No—I'll die right here." Benaiah went back to the king and reported, "This was Joab's answer."H1141H935H168H3068H559H559H4428H3318H559H4191H1141H7725H4428H1697H7725H559H1696H3097H6030 31The king said, "Go ahead then, do what he says: Kill him and bury him. Absolve me and my father's family of the guilt from Joab's senseless murders.H4428H559H6213H1696H6293H6912H5493H2600H1818H3097H8210H1004H1 32GOD is avenging those bloody murders on Joab's head. Two men he murdered, men better by far than he ever was: Behind my father's back he brutally murdered Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army.H3068H7725H1818H7218H6293H8147H582H6662H2896H2026H2719H1H1732H3045H74H1121H5369H8269H6635H3478H6021H1121H3500H8269H6635H3063 33Responsibility for their murders is forever fixed on Joab and his descendants; but for David and his descendants, his family and kingdom, the final verdict is GOD's peace."H1818H7725H7218H3097H7218H2233H5769H1732H2233H1004H3678H7965H5704H5769H3068 34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went back, struck Joab, and killed him. He was buried in his family plot out in the desert.H1141H1121H3077H5927H6293H4191H6912H1004H4057 35The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.H4428H5414H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H3548H4428H5414H54 36The king next called in Shimei and told him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but you are not to leave the area.H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H1129H1004H3389H3427H3318H575 37If you so much as cross the Brook Kidron, you're as good as dead—you will have decreed your own death sentence."H3117H3318H5674H5158H6939H3045H3045H4191H4191H1818H7218 38Shimei answered the king, "Oh, thank you! Your servant will do exactly as my master the king says." Shimei lived in Jerusalem a long time.H8096H559H4428H1697H2896H113H4428H1696H5650H6213H8096H3427H3389H7227H3117 39But it so happened that three years later, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was told, "Your slaves are in Gath."H7093H7969H8141H8147H5650H8096H1272H397H1121H4601H4428H1661H5046H8096H559H5650H1661 40Shimei sprang into action, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish in Gath looking for his slaves. And then he came back, bringing his slaves.H8096H6965H2280H2543H3212H1661H397H1245H5650H8096H3212H935H5650H1661 41Solomon was told, "Shimei left Jerusalem for Gath, and now he's back."H5046H8010H8096H1980H3389H1661H7725 42Solomon then called for Shimei and said, "Didn't I make you promise me under GOD, and give you a good warning besides, that you would not leave this area? That if you left you would have decreed your own death sentence? And didn't you say, 'Oh, thank you—I'll do exactly as you say'?H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H7650H3068H5749H559H3045H3045H3117H3318H1980H575H4191H4191H559H1697H8085H2896 43So why didn't you keep your sacred promise and do what I ordered?"H8104H7621H3068H4687H6680 44Then the king told Shimei, "Deep in your heart you know all the evil that you did to my father David; GOD will now avenge that evil on you.H4428H559H8096H3045H7451H3824H3045H6213H1732H1H3068H7725H7451H7218 45But King Solomon will be blessed and the rule of David will be a sure thing under GOD forever."H4428H8010H1288H3678H1732H3559H6440H3068H5704H5769 46The king then gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he went out and struck Shimei dead. The kingdom was now securely in Solomon's grasp.H4428H6680H1141H1121H3077H3318H6293H4191H4467H3559H3027H8010


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