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But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they ministered to me in everything when I fled from Absalom your brother.

So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that the word of the LORD might be fulfilled which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and attacked him and slew him; and he was buried in his own sepulchre in the wilderness.

And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and witnessed against you, saying, Know for certain, on the day that you go out of Jerusalem and cross the brook Kidron, you shall surely die? And you said to me, The saying is good, so will I do.

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and attacked him so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people and to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Behold, I have done according to your words; lo, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been none like you before you, neither shall any arise after you like you.

And I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like you all your days.

And the other woman said, It is not so; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this one said, It is not so; the dead is your son, and the living is my son.

And the other woman said, It is not so, the living is my son and the dead is your son. Thus they argued before the king.

So Solomon was king over all Israel.

So that Solomons wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.

But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to his desire.

And Solomons builders and Hirams builders and the stonemasons did hew them; so they prepared stones and timber for the building of the house.

And the house, when it was building, was made of stones hewn before they were brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was building.

So he built the house and finished it; and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar.