1 Kings 2:9-21

David's Instructions to Solomon

9 Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, f for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall g bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol."

The Death of David

10 h Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in i the city of David. 11 And the time that David reigned over Israel was j forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12 k So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

Solomon's Reign Established

13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, l "Do you come peacefully?" He said, "Peacefully." 14 Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Speak." 15 He said, "You know that m the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, n for it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak." 17 And he said, "Please ask King Solomon - he will not refuse you - to give me o Abishag the Shunammite as my wife." 18 Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."

19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, p and she sat on his right. 20 Then she said, "I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you." 21 She said, "Let o Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife."

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:6
    Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 42:38
    But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
    Genesis 44:31
    As soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:21
    Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.
    Acts 2:29
    Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
    Acts 13:36
    For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 3:1
    Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
    1 Kings 9:24
    But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
  5. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:4 - 5
    David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
    1 Chronicles 29:26 - 27
    Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
  6. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 29:23
    Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
    2 Chronicles 1:1
    Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:4
    Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, "Do you come peaceably?
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:5
    Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
    1 Kings 1:25
    For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!
  9. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 22:9 - 10
    Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
    1 Chronicles 28:5 - 7
    And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:3 - 4
    So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 45:9
    Daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:17
    And he said, "Please ask King Solomon - he will not refuse you - to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.
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