ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 2
1. Now the days[H3117] of David[H1732] drew nigh[H7126] that he should die[H4191]; and he charged[H6680] Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121], saying[H559],
2. I am going[H1980] the way[H1870] of all the earth[H776]: be thou strong[H2388] therefore[H376], and show thyself a man;
3. and keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], to walk[H3212] in his ways[H1870], to keep[H8104] his statutes[H2708], and his commandments[H4687], and his ordinances[H4941], and his testimonies[H5715], according to that which is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], that thou mayest prosper[H7919] in all that thou doest[H6213], and whithersoever thou turnest thyself[H6437].
4. That Jehovah[H3068] may establish[H6965] his word[H1697] which he spake[H1696] concerning me[H559], saying, If thy children[H1121] take heed[H8104] to their way[H1870], to walk[H3212] before[H6440] me in truth[H571] with all their heart[H3824] and with all their soul[H5315], there shall not fail[H3772] thee[H559] (said he[H376]) a man on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478].
5. Moreover thou knowest[H3045] also what Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] did[H6213] unto me[H6213], even what he did to the two[H8147] captains[H8269] of the hosts[H6635] of Israel[H3478], unto Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], and unto Amasa[H6021] the son[H1121] of Jether[H3500], whom he slew[H2026], and shed[H7760] the blood[H1818] of war[H4421] in peace[H7965], and put[H5414] the blood[H1818] of war[H4421] upon his girdle[H2290] that was about his loins[H4975], and in his shoes[H5275] that were on his feet[H7272].
6. Do[H6213] therefore according to thy wisdom[H2451], and let not his hoar head[H7872] go down[H3381] to Sheol[H7585] in peace[H7965].
7. But show[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto the sons[H1121] of Barzillai[H1271] the Gileadite[H1569], and let them be of those that eat[H398] at thy table[H7979]; for so they came[H7126] to me when I fled[H1272] from[H6440] Absalom[H53] thy brother[H251].
8. And[H8096], behold, there is with thee Shimei the son[H1121] of Gera[H1617], the Benjamite[H1145], of Bahurim[H980], who cursed[H7043] me with a grievous[H4834] curse[H7045] in the day[H3117] when I went[H3212] to Mahanaim[H4266]; but he came down[H3381] to meet[H7125] me at the Jordan[H3383], and I sware[H7650] to him by Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], I will not put thee to death[H4191] with the sword[H2719].
9. Now therefore hold him not guiltless[H5352], for thou art a wise[H2450] man[H376]; and thou wilt know[H3045] what thou oughtest to do[H6213] unto him[H7872], and thou shalt bring his hoar head down[H3381] to Sheol[H7585] with blood[H1818].
10. And David[H1732] slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
11. And the days[H3117] that David[H1732] reigned[H4427] over Israel[H3478] were forty[H705] years[H8141]; seven[H7651] years[H8141] reigned[H4427] he in Hebron[H2275], and thirty[H7970] and three[H7969] years[H8141] reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389].
12. And Solomon[H8010] sat[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] his father[H1]; and his kingdom[H4438] was established[H3559] greatly[H3966].
13. Then Adonijah[H138] the son[H1121] of Haggith[H2294] came[H935] to Bath-sheba[H1339] the mother[H517] of Solomon[H8010]. And she said[H559], Comest[H935] thou peaceably[H7965]? And he said[H559], Peaceably[H7965].
14. He said[H559] moreover[H1697], I have somewhat to say unto thee[H559]. And she said, Say on[H1696].
15. And he said[H559], Thou knowest[H3045] that the kingdom[H4410] was mine[H3478], and that all Israel set[H7760] their faces[H6440] on me[H4427], that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom[H4410] is turned about[H5437], and is become my brother[H251]'s; for it was his from Jehovah[H3068].
16. And now I ask[H7592] one[H259] petition[H7596] of thee[H7725]; deny me[H6440] not[H559]. And she said unto him[H1696], Say on.
17. And he said[H559], Speak[H559], I pray thee[H8010], unto Solomon the king[H4428] (for he will not say[H7725] thee[H6440] nay[H7725]), that he give[H5414] me Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767] to wife[H802].
18. And Bath-sheba[H1339] said[H559], Well[H2896]; I will speak[H1696] for thee unto the king[H4428].
19. Bath-sheba[H1339] therefore went[H935] unto king[H4428] Solomon[H8010], to speak[H1696] unto him for Adonijah[H138]. And the king[H4428] rose up[H6965] to meet[H7125] her[H7812], and bowed himself unto her[H3427], and sat down on his throne[H3678], and caused a throne[H3678] to be set[H7760] for the king[H4428]'s mother[H517]; and she sat[H3427] on his right hand[H3225].
20. Then she said[H7592], I ask one[H259] small[H6996] petition[H7596] of thee[H7725]; deny me[H6440] not[H7725]. And the king[H4428] said[H7725] unto her[H7725], Ask on[H7592], my mother[H517]; for I will[H7725] not deny[H7725] thee[H6440].
21. And she said[H559], Let Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767] be given[H5414] to Adonijah[H138] thy brother[H251] to wife[H802].
22. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto his mother[H517], And why dost thou ask[H7592] Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767] for Adonijah[H138]? ask[H7592] for him the kingdom[H4410] also[H1419]; for he is mine elder brother[H251]; even for him[H54], and for Abiathar the priest[H3548], and for Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870].
23. Then king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] sware[H7650] by Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], God[H430] do[H6213] so to me[H3254], and more also, if Adonijah[H138] hath not spoken[H1696] this word[H1697] against his own life[H5315].
24. Now therefore as Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], who hath established[H3559] me[H3427], and set me on the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] my father[H1], and who hath made[H6213] me a house[H1004], as he promised[H1696], surely Adonijah[H138] shall be put to death[H4191] this day[H3117].
25. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] sent[H7971] by[H3027] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077]; and he fell[H6293] upon him[H4191], so that he died.
26. And unto Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548] said[H559] the king[H4428], Get[H3212] thee to Anathoth[H6068], unto thine own fields[H7704]; for thou art worthy[H376] of death[H4194]: but I will not at this time[H3117] put thee to death[H4191], because thou barest[H5375] the ark[H727] of the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069] before[H6440] David[H1732] my father[H1], and because thou wast afflicted[H6031] in all wherein my father[H1] was afflicted[H6031].
27. So Solomon[H8010] thrust out[H1644] Abiathar[H54] from being priest[H3548] unto Jehovah[H3068], that he might fulfil[H4390] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], which he spake[H1696] concerning the house[H1004] of Eli[H5941] in Shiloh[H7887].
28. And the tidings[H8052] came[H935] to Joab[H3097]; for Joab[H3097] had turned[H5186] after[H310] Adonijah[H138], though he turned[H5186] not after[H310] Absalom[H53]. And Joab[H3097] fled[H5127] unto the Tent[H168] of Jehovah[H3068], and caught hold[H2388] on the horns[H7161] of the altar[H4196].
29. And it was told[H5046] king[H4428] Solomon[H8010], Joab[H3097] is fled[H5127] unto the Tent[H168] of Jehovah[H3068], and[H681], behold, he is by the altar[H4196]. Then Solomon[H8010] sent[H7971] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077], saying[H559], Go[H3212], fall upon him[H6293].
30. And Benaiah[H1141] came[H935] to the Tent[H168] of Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559] unto him[H559], Thus saith the king[H4428], Come forth[H3318]. And he said[H559], Nay[H4191]; but I will die here[H1141]. And Benaiah brought[H7725] the king[H4428] word[H1697] again[H7725], saying[H559], Thus said[H1696] Joab[H3097], and thus he answered me[H1696].
31. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him[H6213], Do as he hath said[H1696], and fall[H6293] upon him[H6912], and bury him[H5493]; that thou mayest take away the blood[H1818], which Joab[H3097] shed[H8210] without cause[H2600], from me and from my father[H1]'s house[H1004].
32. And Jehovah[H3068] will return[H7725] his blood[H1818] upon his own head[H7218], because he fell[H6293] upon two[H8147] men[H582] more righteous[H6662] and better[H2896] than he[H2026], and slew them with the sword[H2719], and my father[H1] David[H1732] knew[H3045] it not[H74], to wit, Abner the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of Israel[H3478], and Amasa[H6021] the son[H1121] of Jether[H3500], captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of Judah[H3063].
33. So shall their blood[H1818] return[H7725] upon the head[H7218] of Joab[H3097], and upon the head[H7218] of his seed[H2233] for ever[H5769]: but unto David[H1732], and unto his seed[H2233], and unto his house[H1004], and unto his throne[H3678], shall there be peace[H7965] for[H5704] ever[H5769] from Jehovah[H3068].
34. Then Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] went up[H5927], and fell[H6293] upon him[H4191], and slew him[H6912]; and he was buried in his own house[H1004] in the wilderness[H4057].
35. And the king[H4428] put[H5414] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] in his room over the host[H6635]; and Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548] did the king[H4428] put[H5414] in the room of Abiathar[H54].
36. And the king[H4428] sent[H7971] and called[H7121] for Shimei[H8096], and said[H559] unto him[H1129], Build thee a house[H1004] in Jerusalem[H3389], and dwell[H3427] there[H3318], and go not forth thence any whither[H575].
37. For on the day[H3117] thou goest out[H3318], and passest over[H5674] the brook[H5158] Kidron[H6939], know[H3045] thou for certain[H3045] that thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191]: thy blood[H1818] shall be upon thine own head[H7218].
38. And Shimei[H8096] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], The saying[H1697] is good[H2896]: as my lord[H113] the king[H4428] hath said[H1696], so will thy servant[H5650] do[H6213]. And Shimei[H8096] dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] many[H7227] days[H3117].
39. And it came to pass at the end[H7093] of three[H7969] years[H8141], that two[H8147] of the servants[H5650] of Shimei[H8096] ran away[H1272] unto Achish[H397], son[H1121] of Maacah[H4601], king[H4428] of Gath[H1661]. And they told[H5046] Shimei[H8096], saying[H559], Behold[H5650], thy servants are in Gath[H1661].
40. And Shimei[H8096] arose[H6965], and saddled[H2280] his ass[H2543], and went[H3212] to Gath[H1661] to Achish[H397], to seek[H1245] his servants[H5650]; and Shimei[H8096] went[H3212], and brought[H935] his servants[H5650] from Gath[H1661].
41. And it was told[H5046] Solomon[H8010] that Shimei[H8096] had gone[H1980] from Jerusalem[H3389] to Gath[H1661], and was come again[H7725].
42. And the king[H4428] sent[H7971] and called[H7121] for Shimei[H8096], and said[H559] unto him[H7650], Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah[H3068], and protest[H5749] unto thee[H559], saying, Know[H3045] for certain[H3045], that on the day[H3117] thou goest out[H3318], and walkest[H1980] abroad any whither[H575], thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191]? and thou saidst[H559] unto me[H1697], The saying that I have heard[H8085] is good[H2896].
43. Why then hast thou not kept[H8104] the oath[H7621] of Jehovah[H3068], and the commandment[H4687] that I have charged thee with[H6680]?
44. The king[H4428] said[H559] moreover to Shimei[H8096], Thou knowest[H3045] all the wickedness[H7451] which thy heart[H3824] is privy to[H3045], that thou didst[H6213] to David[H1732] my father[H1]: therefore Jehovah[H3068] shall return[H7725] thy wickedness[H7451] upon thine own head[H7218].
45. But king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] shall be blessed[H1288], and the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] shall be established[H3559] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] for[H5704] ever[H5769].
46. So the king[H4428] commanded[H6680] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077]; and he went out[H3318], and fell[H6293] upon him[H4191], so that he died. And the kingdom[H4467] was established[H3559] in the hand[H3027] of Solomon[H8010].
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