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Now, however, you should not let him go unpunished. You are a wise man, and you will know what you should do to him — you will bring his gray head down to the grave with blood."

Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.

Shlomo sat on the throne of David his father; and his rule had become firmly established,

So Bat-Sheva went to King Shlomo to speak to him on behalf of Adoniyah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne set up for the king's mother, so that she sat at his right.

She said, "Let Avishag the Shunamit be given to Adoniyah your brother as his wife."

King Shlomo answered his mother, "Why are you asking Avishag the Shunamit for Adoniyah? Ask the kingdom for him too! After all, he's my older brother! Yes, for him, and for Evyatar the cohen and for Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah!"

So Shlomo forced Evyatar out of his task as cohen to Adonai , so that what Adonai had said in Shiloh about the family of ‘Eli might be fulfilled.

When the news came to Yo'av, he fled to the tent of Adonai and took hold of the horns of the altar; for Yo'av had given his support to Adoniyah, even though he had not supported Avshalom.

Adonai will bring his blood back on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he — he killed them with the sword without my father David's awareness: Avner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Isra'el, and ‘Amasa the son of Yeter, commander of the army of Y'hudah.

In this way their blood will return on the head of Yo'av and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his family and his throne there will be peace forever from Adonai ."

So B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada went up, struck him down and killed him; he was buried in his own house in the desert.

So Shim‘i set out, saddled his donkey and went to Akhish in Gat to look for his slaves; then Shim‘i returned, bringing his slaves from Gat.

Shlomo formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh's daughter. He brought her into the City of David, [where she lived] until he had finished building his own palace, the house of Adonai and the wall around Yerushalayim.

Shlomo loved Adonai , living according to the regulations set forth by David his father; nevertheless, he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

Shlomo said, "You showed your servant David my father much grace, as he lived before you honestly and righteously, having an upright heart with you. You preserved this great grace for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as is the case today.

Shlomo awoke and found it had been a dream. But he went to Yerushalayim, stood before the ark for the covenant of Adonai and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings. He also made a feast for all his servants.

and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen;

Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year.

the son of Avinadav, in all the area of Dor; he had Tafat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife;

Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife;