1KI-2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and
he charged Solomon his son, saying,
1KI-2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore,
and show thyself a man;
1KI-2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his
ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his
judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of
Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1KI-2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake
concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way,
to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all
their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel.
1KI-2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah
did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins,
and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.
1KI-2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his
hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1KI-2:7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the
Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for
so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1KI-2:8 And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of
Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous
curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to
meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I
will not put thee to death with the sword.
1KI-2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a
wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his
hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1KI-2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
city of David.
1KI-2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel [were]
forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and
three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1KI-2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father;
and his kingdom was established greatly.
1KI-2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the
mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he
said, Peaceably.
1KI-2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And
she said, Say on.
1KI-2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,
and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign:
howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's:
for it was his from the LORD.
1KI-2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And
she said unto him, Say on.
1KI-2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king,
(for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the
Shunammite to wife.
1KI-2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto
the king.
1KI-2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak
unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and
bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a
seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right
hand.
1KI-2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I
pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on,
my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
1KI-2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to
Adonijah thy brother to wife.
1KI-2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And
why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for
him the kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for
him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of
Zeruiah.
1KI-2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so
to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word
against his own life.
1KI-2:24 Now therefore, [as] the LORD liveth, which hath
established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and
who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put
to death this day.
1KI-2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
1KI-2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death:
but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou
barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and
because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was
afflicted.
1KI-2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto
the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he
spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1KI-2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after
Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto
the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the
altar.
1KI-2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto
the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the altar.
Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
upon him.
1KI-2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and
said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay;
but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again,
saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
1KI-2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and
fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the
innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of
my father.
1KI-2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head,
who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and
slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof,
to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel,
and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1KI-2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of
Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David,
and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne,
shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
1KI-2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon
him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the
wilderness.
1KI-2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his
room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the
room of Abiathar.
1KI-2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto
him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go
not forth thence any whither.
1KI-2:37 For it shall be, [that] on the day thou goest out, and
passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that
thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1KI-2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as
my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei
dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1KI-2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two
of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah
king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants
[be] in Gath.
1KI-2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath
to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath.
1KI-2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
1KI-2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto
him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested
unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out,
and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and
thou saidst unto me, The word [that] I have heard [is] good.
1KI-2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and
the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1KI-2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to
David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness
upon thine own head;
1KI-2:45 And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of
David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
1KI-2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom
was established in the hand of Solomon.
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