1Yo, David's days were almost up, so he hit up Solomon, his son, like,

2"I'm about to dip, so stay strong and show that you're a man, no cap."

3"Keep it 100 with the Lord, walk in His ways, and stick to His rules and vibes, so you can pop off in everything you do, wherever you go."

4"The Lord's got your back if your kids stay true, walking in honesty with all their heart and soul; then there’ll always be someone on the throne of Israel, fr."

5"And you know what Joab, son of Zeruiah, pulled on me and how he did dirty to those two captains of Israel, Abner and Amasa, killing them and spilling war blood even when things were chill."

6"So handle this with your wisdom, and don’t let his old head chill in peace."

7"Show some love to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite; let them eat at your table, 'cause they rolled with me when I was running from your bro Absalom."

8"And, peep this, you got Shimei, son of Gera, a Benjamite who cursed me hard when I went to Mahanaim, but he came to meet me at Jordan, and I promised him, 'I won’t take you out with the sword.'"

9"So don’t let him slide; you’re wise and know what to do; just make sure his old head goes down to the grave with some blood."

10"So David passed away and got buried in the city of David, periodt."

11David was the OG king of Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. That's lit.

12Solomon took over his dad David's throne, and his kingdom was established on a whole new level.

13Adonijah, Haggith's son, rolled up to Bath-sheba, Solomon's mom. She asked, "You good?" He replied, "All good."

14He was like, "I got something to say." She was like, "Spill the tea."

15He said, "You know the kingdom was mine and everyone was vibing with me to reign, but now it’s my bro’s, ‘cause God gave it to him."

16"Now I just want one thing from you, don’t ghost me." She was like, "For sure, what’s up?"

17He said, "Can you talk to King Solomon for me? He won't say no, and ask him for Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."

18Bath-sheba was like, "Bet; I’ll talk to the king for you."

19Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to speak for Adonijah. The king stood up for her, bowed down, chilled on his throne, and got a seat ready for his mom. She sat on his right side.

20Then she said, "I just want one small favor; please don’t say no." The king replied, "Ask away, Mom; I got you."

21She was like, "Yo, let Abishag from Shunem be wifed up by Adonijah, your bro."

22King Solomon was like, "Why you trippin' over Abishag for Adonijah? Might as well ask for the whole kingdom, 'cause he’s my older bro, and for Abiathar the priest and Joab too."

23Then Solomon swore to the Lord, "God do me dirty if Adonijah ain't just put his life on the line with that talk."

24"So, as the Lord lives, who set me up on David's throne and promised me a house, Adonijah is getting the boot today."

25Solomon sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and he went in and took him out, no cap.

26Solomon told Abiathar the priest, "Bounce to Anathoth and chill in your fields; you’re on thin ice, but I won’t off you now 'cause you carried the ark for my dad and you’ve had a rough time."

27So Solomon kicked Abiathar out from being a priest to the Lord, fulfilling the word about Eli’s house in Shiloh.

28Then news hit Joab: he was riding with Adonijah, but not with Absalom. Joab ran to the Lord’s tabernacle and grabbed the altar’s horns, no cap.

29Solomon got word that Joab was at the Lord's tabernacle, by the altar. He sent Benaiah, saying, "Go take him out."

30Benaiah rolled up to the tabernacle and said, "King says, come out." Joab was like, "Nah, I’d rather die here." Benaiah went back to the king, saying, "This is what Joab said, and that’s how he answered me."

31The king was like, "Do what he said, take him out, and bury him; we gotta clear that innocent blood Joab spilled, no cap."

32The Lord's gonna make sure his blood comes back to him for taking out two righteous dudes, Abner and Amasa, while my dad David had no clue.

33So Joab’s blood is gonna be on his head and his fam forever, but for David and his crew, it’s all peace from the Lord, fr.

34Then Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, rolled up, took him out, and buried him in his own crib in the wilderness.

35The king promoted Benaiah as the new leader over the army, and Zadok the priest took Abiathar's spot, lit.

36The king called for Shimei and was like, "Build a house in Jerusalem, chill there, and don’t dip anywhere else."

37If you step out and cross the Kidron, just know you’re toast; your blood’s on you, periodt.

38Shimei was like, "Sounds good, I’ll do what my king says." So he stayed in Jerusalem for a hot minute.

39After three years, two of Shimei’s servants bounced to Achish, king of Gath, and told him, "Yo, your peeps are in Gath."

40Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to find his servants; he was like, "I gotta get my crew back."

41So, Solomon heard that Shimei dipped from Jerusalem to Gath and then came back. Major sus vibes.

42The king called Shimei and was like, "Did I not have you swear by the Lord? You know if you bounce out, you’re done for, right? And you said that was cool."

43So why you not keeping it 100 with the Lord and the rules I gave you?

44The king told Shimei, "You know all the shady stuff your heart is hiding that you did to my dad David, right? So now, the Lord’s gonna drop that on you."

45And for real, king Solomon is gonna be blessed, and David's throne is gonna be solid forever.

46Then the king told Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, to handle Shimei, and he did. Shimei was done, and Solomon’s kingdom was legit.

1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

3And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

4That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

7But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

8And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

12Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

14He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

15And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.

16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

18And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

19Bath–sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

22And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

23Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

24Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

26And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

27So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

32And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

33Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.

34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

37For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

38And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

40And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.