David himself mentions Solomon’s “wisdom” during his long speech to his heir, the last words of David in the narrative (2:1–12). The speech has two parts, beginning with an injunction to walk in the ways of torah, reminiscent of great speeches of the Former Prophets such as Joshua 1. David also reiterates the divine promise he was given in 2 Samuel 7, but one notices that the language is slightly modified: the promise is unconditional when delivered to David, but here the king stresses that the promise is conditional upon his descendants’ faithfulness. On the one hand, David simply could be extending some hard-earned advice, since his own life could have been much easier had he always walked in torah. On the other hand, maybe it foreshadows that Solomon himself might have struggles with f…