So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”

Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom.

Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.

Then the king told the woman, “Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

The king said to Shimei, “You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath concerning this.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

I wipe them out and beat them to death; they cannot get up; they fall at my feet.

He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

He collaborated with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported him.

So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?”

besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.

There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three.