²¹ Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king ^(A)sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

The Death of David

^10 (A)Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in ^(B)the city of David.

¹⁶ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and ^(B)whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will ^(C)forsake me and ^(D)break my covenant that I have made with them.

²² King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask ^(A)Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, ^(B)for he is my older brother, and on his side ^(C)are Abiathar^[a] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.” ²³ Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, ^(D)“God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life! ²⁴ Now therefore ^(E)as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, ^(F)as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

¹⁵ He said, “You know that ^(A)the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, ^(B)for it was his from the Lord.

^12 (A)When your days are fulfilled and ^(B)you lie down with your fathers, ^(C)I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹⁵ As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; ^(A)you shall be buried in a good old age.