1 Kings 2
David's Charge to
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Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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I go the way of all the earth: be thou
strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
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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:
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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.
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Moreover thou knowest also what Jo'ab
the son of Zeru-i'ah did to me, and what he did to the two
captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner 2 Sam. 3.27 the son of Ner, and unto Ama'sa 2 Sam. 20.10 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.
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and
let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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But show kindness unto the sons of
Barzil'lai the Gil'e-adite, 2 Sam. 17.27-29 and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they
came to me when I fled because of Ab'salom thy brother.
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And, behold, thou hast with thee
Shim'e-i the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahu'rim, which cursed me
with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahana'im: 2 Sam.
16.5-13 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. 2 Sam. 19.16-23
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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.
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The Death of
David |
1 Chr. 29.26-30 |
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So David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David.
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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. 2 Sam. 5.4, 5 · 1 Chr. 3.4
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Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David
his father; 1 Chr. 29.23 and his kingdom was established greatly.
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Solomon Establishes His
Kingdom |
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And Adoni'jah the son of Haggith came
to Bath-she'ba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou
peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say
unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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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.
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny
me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto
Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me
Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite to wife.
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And Bath-she'ba said, Well; I will speak
for thee unto the king.
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Bath-she'ba therefore went unto king
Solomon, to speak unto him for Adoni'jah. 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.
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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.
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And she said, Let Ab'ishag the
Shu'nammite be given to Adoni'jah thy brother to wife.
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And king Solomon answered and said unto
his mother, And why dost thou ask Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite for
Adoni'jah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder
brother; even for him, and for Abi'athar the priest, and for Jo'ab
the son of Zeru-i'ah.
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Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if
Adoni'jah have not spoken this word against his own life.
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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 a house, as he
promised, Adoni'jah shall be put to death this day.
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And king Solomon sent by the hand of
Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he fell upon him that he
died.
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And unto Abi'athar the priest said the
king, Get thee to An'athoth, 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, 2 Sam. 15.24 and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted. 1 Sam. 22.20-23
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So Solomon thrust out Abi'athar 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. 1 Sam. 2.27-36
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Then tidings came to Jo'ab: for Jo'ab
had turned after Adoni'jah, though he turned not after Ab'salom. And
Jo'ab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And it was told king Solomon that Jo'ab
was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and,
behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benai'ah the
son of Jehoi'ada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
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And Benai'ah 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
Benai'ah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Jo'ab, and
thus he answered me.
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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 Jo'ab shed, from me, and from the house of
my father.
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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 Ama'sa the son of Jether,
captain of the host of Judah.
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Their blood shall therefore return upon
the head of Jo'ab, 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.
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So Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada went up,
and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house
in the wilderness.
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And the king put Benai'ah the son of
Jehoi'ada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the
king put in the room of Abi'athar.
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And the king sent and called for
Shim'e-i, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and
dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
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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.
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And Shim'e-i said unto the king, The
saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy
servant do. And Shim'e-i dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
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And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shim'e-i ran away unto Achish son
of Ma'achah king of Gath. And they told Shim'e-i, saying, Behold,
thy servants be in Gath.
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And Shim'e-i arose, and saddled his ass,
and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shim'e-i went,
and brought his servants from Gath.
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And it was told Solomon that Shim'e-i had
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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And the king sent and called for
Shim'e-i, 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.
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
the LORD, and the commandment that I have
charged thee with?
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The king said moreover to Shim'e-i, 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:
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and king Solomon shall be blessed,
and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
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So the king commanded Benai'ah the son of
Jehoi'ada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died.
And
the kingdom was established in the hand of
Solomon.
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