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Chapter 2
- 2:1
- Now the days of David drew nigh
that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
- 2:2
- I go the way of all the earth: be
thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 2:6
- Do therefore according to thy
wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- 2:7
- But shew 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2:10
- So David slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David.
- 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.
- 2:12
- Then sat Solomon upon the throne
of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
- 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.
- 2:14
- He said moreover, I have somewhat
to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
- 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.
- 2:16
- And now I ask one petition of
thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
- 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.
- 2:18
- And Bathsheba said, Well; I will
speak for thee unto the king.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2:21
- And she said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2:25
- And king Solomon sent by the hand
of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2:41
- And it was told Solomon that
Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
- 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.
- 2:43
- Why then hast thou not kept the
oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- 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;
- 2:45
- And king Solomon shall be blessed,
and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
- 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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