"Otherwise it will comeabout, as soon as my lordthe kingsleepswith his fathers,that I and my sonSolomonwill be considered offenders."
"As for you, you shall goto your fathersin peace;you will be buriedat a goodoldage.
"Whenyour daysare completeand you liedownwith your fathers,I will raiseup your descendantafteryou, whowill comeforthfrom you, and I will establishhis kingdom.
"So nowcome,pleaselet me giveyou counseland saveyour lifeand the lifeof your sonSolomon.
"As for you now, my lordthe king,the eyesof allIsraelare on you, to tellthem whoshall siton the throneof my lordthe kingafterhim.
Behold,while she was stillspeakingwith the king,Nathanthe prophetcamein.
Then Davidsleptwith his fathersand was buriedin the cityof David.
So he said,"You knowthat the kingdomwas mine and that allIsraelexpectedme to be king;however, the kingdomhas turnedaboutand becomemy brother's,for it was his from the LORD.
Now when Athaliahthe motherof Ahaziahsawthat her sonwas dead,she roseand destroyedallthe royaloffspringof the houseof Judah.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,you are about to liedownwith your fathers;and thispeoplewill ariseand playthe harlotwith the strangegodsof the land,into the midstof whichthey are going,and will forsakeMe and breakMy covenantwhichI have madewith them.
Then he wentto his father'shouseat Ophrahand killedhis brothersthe sonsof Jerubbaal,seventymen,on onestone.But Jothamthe youngestsonof Jerubbaalwas left,for he hidhimself.
