9But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.
10Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.
11David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.
13Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.
14Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.
15And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.
