Solomon's Reign Begins

1 Kings 2:12

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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.

David had ruled Isra'el for forty years - seven years in Hevron and thirty-three years in Yerushalayim.

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

when Adoniyah the son of Haggit came to Bat-Sheva the mother of Shlomo. She asked, "Have you come as a friend?" He answered, "Yes, as a friend."

Then he continued, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Go on."

He said, "You know that the kingdom should have been mine, that all Isra'el was looking to me to be their ruler. No matter; the kingdom has turned around and become my brother's, because ADONAI gave it to him.

Solomon's Reign Begins

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