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1. Now the days[H3117] of David[H1732] drew nigh[H7126] that he should die;[H4191] and he charged[H6680] [H853] Solomon[H8010] his son,[H1121] saying,[H559]

2. I[H595] go[H1980] the way[H1870] of all[H3605] the earth:[H776] be thou strong[H2388] therefore, and show[H1961] thyself a man;[H376]

3. And keep[H8104] [H853] the charge[H4931] of the LORD[H3068] thy God,[H430] to walk[H1980] in his ways,[H1870] to keep[H8104] his statutes,[H2708] and his commandments,[H4687] and his judgments,[H4941] and his testimonies,[H5715] as it is written[H3789] in[H853] the law[H8451] of Moses,[H4872] that[H4616] thou mayest prosper[H7919] in all[H3605] that[H834] thou doest,[H6213] and whithersoever[H3605] [H834] [H8033] thou turnest[H6437] thyself:

4. That[H4616] the LORD[H3068] may continue[H6965] [H853] his word[H1697] which[H834] he spoke[H1696] concerning[H5921] me, saying,[H559] If[H518] thy children[H1121] take heed[H8104] to[H853] their way,[H1870] to walk[H1980] before[H6440] me in truth[H571] with all[H3605] their heart[H3824] and with all[H3605] their soul,[H5315] there shall not[H3808] fail[H3772] thee (said[H559] he) a man[H376] on[H4480] [H5921] the throne[H3678] of Israel.[H3478]

5. Moreover[H1571] thou[H859] knowest[H3045] also[H853] what[H834] Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] did[H6213] to me, and what[H834] he did[H6213] 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[H834] was about his loins,[H4975] and in his shoes[H5275] that[H834] were on his feet.[H7272]

6. Do[H6213] therefore according to thy wisdom,[H2451] and let not[H3808] his hoar head[H7872] go down[H3381] to the grave[H7585] in peace.[H7965]

7. But show[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto the sons[H1121] of Barzillai[H1271] the Gileadite,[H1569] and let them be[H1961] of those that eat[H398] at thy table:[H7979] for[H3588] so[H3651] they came[H7126] to[H413] me when I fled[H1272] because[H4480] [H6440] of Absalom[H53] thy brother.[H251]

8. And, behold,[H2009] thou hast with[H5973] thee Shimei[H8096] the son[H1121] of Gera,[H1617] a Benjamite[H1145] of Bahurim,[H4480] [H980] which[H1931] cursed[H7043] me with a grievous[H4834] curse[H7045] in the day[H3117] when I went[H1980] to Mahanaim:[H4266] but he[H1931] came down[H3381] to meet[H7125] me at Jordan,[H3383] and I swore[H7650] to him by the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] I will not[H518] put thee to death[H4191] with the sword.[H2719]

9. Now[H6258] therefore hold him not guiltless:[H408] [H5352] for[H3588] thou[H859] art a wise[H2450] man,[H376] and knowest[H3045] [H853] what[H834] thou oughtest to do[H6213] unto him; but his[H853] hoar head[H7872] bring thou down[H3381] to the grave[H7585] with blood.[H1818]

10. So David[H1732] slept[H7901] with[H5973] his fathers,[H1] and was buried[H6912] in the city[H5892] of David.[H1732]

11. And the days[H3117] that[H834] David[H1732] reigned[H4427] over[H5921] 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. Then sat[H3427] Solomon[H8010] upon[H5921] the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] his father;[H1] and his kingdom[H4438] was established[H3559] greatly.[H3966]

13. And Adonijah[H138] the son[H1121] of Haggith[H2294] came[H935] to[H413] 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, I have somewhat to say[H1697] unto[H413] thee. And she said,[H559] Say on.[H1696]

15. And he said,[H559] Thou[H859] knowest[H3045] that[H3588] the kingdom[H4410] was[H1961] mine, and that all[H3605] Israel[H3478] set[H7760] their faces[H6440] on[H5921] me, that I should reign:[H4427] howbeit the kingdom[H4410] is turned about,[H5437] and is become[H1961] my brother's:[H251] for[H3588] it was[H1961] his from the LORD.[H4480] [H3068]

16. And now[H6258] I[H595] ask[H7592] one[H259] petition[H7596] of[H4480] [H854] thee, deny[H7725] [H853] [H6440] me not.[H408] And she said[H559] unto[H413] him, Say on.[H1696]

17. And he said,[H559] Speak,[H559] I pray thee,[H4994] unto Solomon[H8010] the king,[H4428] (for[H3588] he will not[H3808] say thee nay,)[H7725] [H853] [H6440] that he give[H5414] me[H853] Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767] to wife.[H802]

18. And Bath-sheba[H1339] said,[H559] Well;[H2896] I[H595] will speak[H1696] for[H5921] thee unto[H413] the king.[H4428]

19. Bath-sheba[H1339] therefore went[H935] unto[H413] king[H4428] Solomon,[H8010] to speak[H1696] unto him for[H5921] Adonijah.[H138] And the king[H4428] rose up[H6965] to meet[H7122] her, and bowed himself[H7812] unto her, and sat down[H3427] on[H5921] his throne,[H3678] and caused a seat[H3678] to be set[H7760] for the king's[H4428] mother;[H517] and she sat[H3427] on his right hand.[H3225]

20. Then she said,[H559] I[H595] desire[H7592] one[H259] small[H6996] petition[H7596] of[H4480] thee; I pray thee, say me not nay.[H408] [H7725] [H853] [H6440] And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto her, Ask on,[H7592] my mother:[H517] for[H3588] I will not[H3808] say thee nay.[H7725] [H853] [H6440]

21. And she said,[H559] Let[H853] 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[H4100] dost thou[H859] ask[H7592] [H853] Abishag[H49] the Shunammite[H7767] for Adonijah?[H138] ask[H7592] for him[H853] the kingdom[H4410] also; for[H3588] he[H1931] is mine[H4480] elder[H1419] brother;[H251] even for him, and for Abiathar[H54] the priest,[H3548] and for Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah.[H6870]

23. Then king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] swore[H7650] by the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] God[H430] do[H6213] so[H3541] to me, and more[H3254] also,[H3541] if[H3588] Adonijah[H138] have not spoken[H1696] [H853] this[H2088] word[H1697] against his own life.[H5315]

24. Now[H6258] therefore, as the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] which[H834] hath established[H3559] me, and set[H3427] me on[H5921] the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] my father,[H1] and who[H834] hath made[H6213] me a house,[H1004] as[H834] he promised,[H1696] Adonijah[H138] shall be put to death[H4191] this day.[H3117]

25. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] sent[H7971] by the hand[H3027] of Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada;[H3077] and he fell[H6293] upon him that he died.[H4191]

26. And unto Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548] said[H559] the king,[H4428] Get[H1980] thee to Anathoth,[H6068] unto[H5921] thine own fields;[H7704] for[H3588] thou[H859] art worthy[H376] of death:[H4194] but I will not[H3808] at this[H2088] time[H3117] put thee to death,[H4191] because[H3588] thou didst bear[H5375] [H853] the ark[H727] of the Lord[H136] GOD[H3068] before[H6440] David[H1732] my father,[H1] and because[H3588] thou hast been afflicted[H6031] in all[H3605] wherein[H834] my father[H1] was afflicted.[H6031]

27. So Solomon[H8010] thrust out[H1644] [H853] Abiathar[H54] from being[H4480] [H1961] priest[H3548] unto the LORD;[H3068] that he might fulfill[H4390] [H853] the word[H1697] of the LORD,[H3068] which[H834] he spoke[H1696] concerning[H5921] the house[H1004] of Eli[H5941] in Shiloh.[H7887]

28. Then tidings[H8052] came[H935] to[H5704] Joab:[H3097] for[H3588] Joab[H3097] had turned[H5186] after[H310] Adonijah,[H138] though he turned[H5186] not[H3808] after[H310] Absalom.[H53] And Joab[H3097] fled[H5127] unto[H413] the tabernacle[H168] of the LORD,[H3068] and caught hold[H2388] on the horns[H7161] of the altar.[H4196]

29. And it was told[H5046] king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] that[H3588] Joab[H3097] was fled[H5127] unto[H413] the tabernacle[H168] of the LORD;[H3068] and, behold,[H2009] he is by[H681] the altar.[H4196] Then Solomon[H8010] sent[H7971] [H853] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada,[H3077] saying,[H559] Go,[H1980] fall[H6293] upon him.

30. And Benaiah[H1141] came[H935] to[H413] the tabernacle[H168] of the LORD,[H3068] and said[H559] unto[H413] him, Thus[H3541] saith[H559] the king,[H4428] Come forth.[H3318] And he said,[H559] Nay;[H3808] but[H3588] I will die[H4191] here.[H6311] And Benaiah[H1141] brought[H7725] [H853] the king[H4428] word[H1697] again, saying,[H559] Thus[H3541] said[H1696] Joab,[H3097] and thus[H3541] he answered[H6030] me.

31. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him, Do[H6213] as[H834] he hath said,[H1696] and fall[H6293] upon him, and bury[H6912] him; that thou mayest take away[H5493] the innocent[H2600] blood,[H1818] which[H834] Joab[H3097] shed,[H8210] from[H4480] [H5921] me, and from[H4480] [H5921] the house[H1004] of my father.[H1]

32. And the LORD[H3068] shall return[H7725] [H853] his blood[H1818] upon[H5921] his own head,[H7218] who[H834] fell[H6293] upon two[H8147] men[H376] more righteous[H6662] and better[H2896] than[H4480] he, and slew[H2026] them with the sword,[H2719] my father[H1] David[H1732] not[H3808] knowing[H3045] thereof, to wit,[H853] Abner[H74] 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. Their blood[H1818] shall therefore return[H7725] upon the head[H7218] of Joab,[H3097] and upon the head[H7218] of his seed[H2233] forever:[H5769] but upon David,[H1732] and upon his seed,[H2233] and upon his house,[H1004] and upon his throne,[H3678] shall there be[H1961] peace[H7965] forever[H5704] [H5769] from[H4480] [H5973] the LORD.[H3068]

34. So Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] went up,[H5927] and fell[H6293] upon him, and slew[H4191] him: and he was buried[H6912] in his own house[H1004] in the wilderness.[H4057]

35. And the king[H4428] put[H5414] [H853] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] in his room[H8478] over[H5921] the host:[H6635] and Zadok[H6659] the priest[H3548] did the king[H4428] put[H5414] in the room[H8478] of Abiathar.[H54]

36. And the king[H4428] sent[H7971] and called[H7121] for Shimei,[H8096] and said[H559] unto him, Build[H1129] thee a house[H1004] in Jerusalem,[H3389] and dwell[H3427] there,[H8033] and go not forth[H3808] [H3318] thence[H4480] [H8033] any[H575] whither.[H575]

37. For it shall be,[H1961] that on the day[H3117] thou goest out,[H3318] and passest over[H5674] [H853] the brook[H5158] Kidron,[H6939] thou shalt know[H3045] for certain[H3045] that[H3588] thou shalt surely die:[H4191] [H4191] thy blood[H1818] shall be[H1961] upon thine own head.[H7218]

38. And Shimei[H8096] said[H559] unto the king,[H4428] The saying[H1697] is good:[H2896] as[H834] my lord[H113] the king[H4428] hath said,[H1696] so[H3651] will thy servant[H5650] do.[H6213] And Shimei[H8096] dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389] many[H7227] days.[H3117]

39. And it came to pass[H1961] at the end[H4480] [H7093] of three[H7969] years,[H8141] that two[H8147] of the servants[H5650] of Shimei[H8096] ran away[H1272] unto[H413] Achish[H397] son[H1121] of Maachah[H4601] king[H4428] of Gath.[H1661] And they told[H5046] Shimei,[H8096] saying,[H559] Behold,[H2009] thy servants[H5650] be in Gath.[H1661]

40. And Shimei[H8096] arose,[H6965] and saddled[H2280] [H853] his ass,[H2543] and went[H1980] to Gath[H1661] to[H413] Achish[H397] to seek[H1245] [H853] his servants:[H5650] and Shimei[H8096] went,[H1980] and brought[H935] [H853] his servants[H5650] from Gath.[H4480] [H1661]

41. And it was told[H5046] Solomon[H8010] that[H3588] Shimei[H8096] had gone[H1980] from Jerusalem[H4480] [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[H413] him, Did I not[H3808] make thee to swear[H7650] by the LORD,[H3068] and protested[H5749] unto thee, saying,[H559] Know for a certain,[H3045] [H3045] on the day[H3117] thou goest out,[H3318] and walkest abroad[H1980] any[H575] whither,[H575] that[H3588] thou shalt surely die?[H4191] [H4191] and thou saidst[H559] unto[H413] me, The word[H1697] that I have heard[H8085] is good.[H2896]

43. Why[H4069] then hast thou not[H3808] kept[H8104] [H853] the oath[H7621] of the LORD,[H3068] and the commandment[H4687] that[H834] I have charged[H6680] thee[H5921] with?

44. The king[H4428] said[H559] moreover to[H413] Shimei,[H8096] Thou[H859] knowest[H3045] [H853] all[H3605] the wickedness[H7451] which[H834] thine heart[H3824] is privy to,[H3045] that[H834] thou didst[H6213] to David[H1732] my father:[H1] therefore the LORD[H3068] shall return[H7725] [H853] thy wickedness[H7451] upon thine own head;[H7218]

45. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] shall be blessed,[H1288] and the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] shall be[H1961] established[H3559] before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] forever.[H5704] [H5769]

46. So the king[H4428] commanded[H6680] [H853] Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada;[H3077] which went out,[H3318] and fell[H6293] upon him, that he died.[H4191] And the kingdom[H4467] was established[H3559] in the hand[H3027] of Solomon.[H8010]