²¹ Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king ^(A)rests with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.”

Death of David^(A)

¹⁰ So ^(B)David ^[a]rested with his fathers, and was buried in ^(C)the City of David.

¹⁶ And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will ^[a]rest with your fathers; and this people will ^(A)rise and ^(B)play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will ^(C)forsake Me and ^(D)break My covenant which I have made with them.

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

¹⁵ Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was ^(A)mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for ^(B)it was his from the Lord.

^12 (A)“When your days are fulfilled and you ^(B)rest with your fathers, ^(C)I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹⁵ Now as for you, ^(A)you shall ^[a]go ^(B)to your fathers in peace; ^(C)you shall be buried at a good old age.