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So be strong<MH2388>, and <a href="#fn">[b]</a>prove<MH1961> yourself a man<MH376>. <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">3</a>Do<MH8104> your duty<MH4931> to the LORD<MH3068> your God<MH430>, to walk<MH1980> in His ways<MH1870>, to <a href="#fn">[c]</a>keep<MH8104> His statutes<MH2708>, His commandments<MH4687>, His ordinances<MH4941>, and His testimonies<MH5715>, according to what is written<MH3789> in the Law<MH8451> of Moses<MH4872>, so<MH4616> that<MH4616> you may succeed<MH7919a> in all<MH3605> that you do<MH6213a> and wherever<MH3605, 834, 8033> you turn<MH6437>, <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">4</a>so<MH4616> that<MH4616> the LORD<MH3068> may fulfill<MH6965> His <a href="#fn">[d]</a>promise<MH1697> which<MH834> He spoke<MH1696> regarding<MH5921> me, saying<MH559>, ‘If<MH518> your sons<MH1121> are<MH8104> careful<MH8104> about their way<MH1870>, to walk<MH1980> before<MH6440> Me in <a href="#fn">[e]</a>truth<MH571> with all<MH3605> their heart<MH3824> and all<MH3605> their soul<MH5315>, <a href="#fn">[f]</a>you shall not be deprived<MH3772> of a man<MH376> to occupy<MH5921> the throne<MH3678> of Israel<MH3478>.’ <a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">5</a>“Now you yourself<MH859> also<MH1571> know<MH3045> what<MH834> Joab<MH3097> the son<MH1121> of Zeruiah<MH6870> did<MH6213a> to me, what<MH834> he did<MH6213a> to the two<MH8147> commanders<MH8269> of the armies<MH6635> of Israel<MH3478>, to Abner<MH74> the son<MH1121> of Ner<MH5369> and to Amasa<MH6021> the son<MH1121> of Jether<MH3500>, whom he killed<MH2026>; he also <a href="#fn">[g]</a>shed<MH7760> the blood<MH1818> of war<MH4421> in peace<MH7965>. And he put<MH5414> the blood<MH1818> of war<MH4421> on his belt<MH2290b> that was on his waist<MH4975>, and on his sandals<MH5275> that were on his feet<MH7272>. <a href="/1_kings/2-6.htm">6</a>So act<MH6213a> as your wisdom<MH2451> dictates, and do not let his gray<MH7872> hair<MH7872> go<MH3381> down<MH3381> to <a href="#fn">[h]</a>Sheol<MH7585> in peace<MH7965>. <a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">7</a>However, show<MH6213a> kindness<MH2617a> to the sons<MH1121> of Barzillai<MH1271> the Gileadite<MH1569>, and let them be among those who eat<MH398> at your table<MH7979>; for <a href="#fn">[i]</a>they assisted<MH7126> me when I fled<MH1272> from Absalom<MH53> your brother<MH251>. <a href="/1_kings/2-8.htm">8</a>And behold<MH2009>, you have with you Shimei<MH8096> the son<MH1121> of Gera<MH1617> the Benjaminite<MH1145>, of Bahurim<MH980>; now it was he who cursed<MH7043> me with a painful<MH4834> curse<MH7045> on the day<MH3117> I went<MH1980> to Mahanaim<MH4266>. But when he came<MH3381> down<MH3381> to meet<MH7122> me at the Jordan<MH3383>, I swore<MH7650> to him by the LORD<MH3068>, saying<MH559>, ‘I will not put<MH4191> you to<MH4191> death<MH4191> with the sword<MH2719>.’ <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">9</a>But now<MH6258> do not leave<MH5352> him unpunished<MH5352>, for you are a wise<MH2450> man<MH376>; and you will know<MH3045> what<MH834> to do<MH6213a> to him, and you will bring<MH3381> his gray<MH7872> hair<MH7872> down<MH3381> to <a href="#fn">[j]</a>Sheol<MH7585> with blood<MH1818>.” Death of David<a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">10</a>Then David<MH1732> <a href="#fn">[k]</a>lay<MH7901> down<MH7901> with his fathers<MH1>, and he was buried<MH6912> in the city<MH5892b> of David<MH1732>. <a href="/1_kings/2-11.htm">11</a>Now the days<MH3117> that David<MH1732> reigned<MH4427a> over<MH5921> Israel<MH3478> were forty<MH705> years<MH8141>: in Hebron<MH2275a> he reigned<MH4427a> for seven<MH7651> years<MH8141>, and in Jerusalem<MH3389> he reigned<MH4427a> for thirty-three<MH7970, 7969> years<MH8141>. <a href="/1_kings/2-12.htm">12</a>Then Solomon<MH8010> sat<MH3427> on the throne<MH3678> of his father<MH1> David<MH1732>, and his kingdom<MH4438> was firmly<MH3966> established<MH3559>. <a href="/1_kings/2-13.htm">13</a>Now Adonijah<MH138> the son<MH1121> of Haggith<MH2294> came<MH935> to Bathsheba<MH1339> the mother<MH517> of Solomon<MH8010>. So she said<MH559>, “Do you come<MH935> peacefully<MH7965>?” And he said<MH559>, “Peacefully<MH7965>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-14.htm">14</a>Then he said<MH559>, “I have something<MH1697> to say to you.” And she said<MH559>, “Speak<MH1696>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">15</a>So he said<MH559>, “You yourself<MH859> know<MH3045> that the kingdom<MH4410> was mine and that all<MH3605> Israel<MH3478> <a href="#fn">[l]</a>intended<MH7760, 6440> for me to be<MH4427a> king<MH4427a>; however, the kingdom<MH4410> has turned<MH5437> around<MH5437> and become<MH1961> my brother’s<MH251>, for it was his from the LORD<MH3068>. <a href="/1_kings/2-16.htm">16</a>So now<MH6258> I am making<MH7592> one<MH259> request<MH7596> of you; do not <a href="#fn">[m]</a>refuse<MH7725> me.” And she said<MH559> to him, “Speak<MH1696>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-17.htm">17</a>Then he said<MH559>, “Please<MH4994> speak<MH559> to Solomon<MH8010> the king<MH4428>—for he will not <a href="#fn">[n]</a>refuse<MH7725> you—that he may give<MH5414> me Abishag<MH49> the Shunammite<MH7767> as a wife<MH802>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-18.htm">18</a>And Bathsheba<MH1339> said<MH559>, “Very<MH2896a> well<MH2896a>; I will speak<MH1696> to the king<MH4428> for you.” Adonijah Executed<a href="/1_kings/2-19.htm">19</a>So Bathsheba<MH1339> went<MH935> to King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010>, to speak<MH1696> to him for Adonijah<MH138>. And the king<MH4428> stood<MH6965> to meet<MH7122> her, bowed<MH2331c> to her, and sat<MH3427> on his throne<MH3678>; then he had a throne<MH3678> set<MH7760> up<MH7760> for the king’s<MH4428> mother<MH517>, and she sat<MH3427> on his right<MH3225>. <a href="/1_kings/2-20.htm">20</a>Then she said<MH559>, “I am making<MH7592> one<MH259> small<MH6996a> request<MH7596> of you; do not <a href="#fn">[o]</a>refuse<MH7725> me.” And the king<MH4428> said<MH559> to her, “Ask<MH7592>, my mother<MH517>, for I will not <a href="#fn">[p]</a>refuse<MH7725> you.” <a href="/1_kings/2-21.htm">21</a>So she said<MH559>, “Let Abishag<MH49> the Shunammite<MH7767> be given<MH5414> to Adonijah<MH138> your brother<MH251> as a wife<MH802>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-22.htm">22</a>But King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010> answered<MH6030a> and said<MH559> to his mother<MH517>, “And why<MH4100> are you requesting<MH7592> Abishag<MH49> the Shunammite<MH7767> for Adonijah<MH138>? Request<MH7592> for him the kingdom<MH4410> as well—since<MH3588> he is my older<MH1419> brother<MH251>—for him, for Abiathar<MH54> the priest<MH3548>, and for Joab<MH3097> the son<MH1121> of Zeruiah<MH6870>!” <a href="/1_kings/2-23.htm">23</a>Then King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010> swore<MH7650> by the LORD<MH3068>, saying<MH559>, “May God<MH430> do<MH6213a> so<MH3541> to me and more<MH3254> so<MH3541>, if<MH3588> Adonijah<MH138> has not spoken<MH1696> this<MH2088> word<MH1697> against his own <a href="#fn">[q]</a>life<MH5315>! <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">24</a>Now<MH6258> then, as the LORD<MH3068> lives<MH2416a>, who<MH834> has established<MH3559> me and set<MH3427> me on the throne<MH3678> of David<MH1732> my father<MH1>, and has made<MH6213a> me a house<MH1004> just<MH3512c> as<MH3512c> He <a href="#fn">[r]</a>promised<MH1696>, Adonijah<MH138> certainly<MH3588> shall be put<MH4191> to<MH4191> death<MH4191> today<MH3117>!” <a href="/1_kings/2-25.htm">25</a>Then King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010> sent<MH7971> the order by Benaiah<MH1141> the son<MH1121> of Jehoiada<MH3077>; and he <a href="#fn">[s]</a>struck<MH6293> him so that he died<MH4191>. <a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm">26</a>Then to Abiathar<MH54> the priest<MH3548> the king<MH4428> said<MH559>, “Go<MH1980> to Anathoth<MH6068> to your own field<MH7704>, for you <a href="#fn">[t]</a>deserve<MH376> to die<MH4194>; but I will not put<MH4191> you to<MH4191> death<MH4191> at this<MH2088> <a href="#fn">[u]</a>time<MH3117>, because<MH3588> you carried<MH5375> the ark<MH727> of the Lord<MH136> <a href="#fn">[v]</a>GOD<MH3068> before<MH6440> my father<MH1> David<MH1732>, and because<MH3588> you were afflicted<MH6031a> in everything<MH3605> with which<MH834> my father<MH1> was afflicted<MH6031a>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">27</a>So Solomon<MH8010> dismissed<MH1644> Abiathar<MH54> from being<MH1961> priest<MH3548> to the LORD<MH3068>, to fulfill<MH4390> the word<MH1697> of the LORD<MH3068>, which<MH834> He had spoken<MH1696> regarding<MH5921> the house<MH1004> of Eli<MH5941> in Shiloh<MH7887>. Joab Executed<a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">28</a>Now the news<MH8052> came<MH935> to Joab<MH3097> because<MH3588> Joab<MH3097> had followed<MH5186, 310> Adonijah<MH138>, though he had not followed<MH310, 5186> Absalom<MH53>. So Joab<MH3097> fled<MH5127> to the tent<MH168> of the LORD<MH3068> and took<MH2388> hold<MH2388> of the horns<MH7161> of the altar<MH4196>. <a href="/1_kings/2-29.htm">29</a>And it was reported<MH5046> to King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010> that Joab<MH3097> had fled<MH5127> to the tent<MH168> of the LORD<MH3068>, and <a href="#fn">[w]</a>was beside<MH681a> the altar<MH4196>. Then Solomon<MH8010> sent<MH7971> Benaiah<MH1141> the son<MH1121> of Jehoiada<MH3077>, saying<MH559>, “Go<MH1980>, <a href="#fn">[x]</a>execute<MH6293> him.” <a href="/1_kings/2-30.htm">30</a>So Benaiah<MH1141> came<MH935> to the tent<MH168> of the LORD<MH3068> and said<MH559> to him, “This<MH3541> is<MH3541> what<MH3541> the king<MH4428> has said<MH559>: ‘Come<MH3318> out<MH3318>.’” But he said<MH559>, “No<MH3808>, for I will die<MH4191> here<MH6311>.” So Benaiah<MH1141> brought<MH7725> back<MH7725> word<MH1697> to the king<MH4428>, saying<MH559>, “This<MH3541> is<MH3541> what<MH3541> Joab<MH3097> spoke<MH1696>, and so<MH3541> he answered<MH6030a> me.” <a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">31</a>And the king<MH4428> said<MH559> to him, “Do<MH6213a> just<MH3512c> as<MH3512c> he has spoken<MH1696>, and <a href="#fn">[y]</a>execute<MH6293> him and bury<MH6912> him, so that you may remove<MH5493> from<MH5493> me and from my father’s<MH1> house<MH1004> the blood<MH1818> which<MH834> Joab<MH3097> shed<MH8210> without<MH2600> <a href="#fn">[z]</a>justification<MH2600>. <a href="/1_kings/2-32.htm">32</a>The LORD<MH3068> will return<MH7725> his blood<MH1818> on his own head<MH7218>, because<MH834> he <a href="#fn">[aa]</a>struck<MH6293> two<MH8147> men<MH376> more<MH4480> righteous<MH6662> and better<MH2896a> than<MH4480> he, and killed<MH2026> them with the sword<MH2719>, while my father<MH1> David<MH1732> did not know<MH3045> about it: Abner<MH74> the son<MH1121> of Ner<MH5369>, commander<MH8269> of the army<MH6635> of Israel<MH3478>, and Amasa<MH6021> the son<MH1121> of Jether<MH3500>, commander<MH8269> of the army<MH6635> of Judah<MH3063>. <a href="/1_kings/2-33.htm">33</a>So their blood<MH1818> shall return<MH7725> on the head<MH7218> of Joab<MH3097> and on the head<MH7218> of his <a href="#fn">[ab]</a>descendants<MH2233> forever<MH5769>; but for David<MH1732> and his <a href="#fn">[ac]</a>descendants<MH2233>, and his house<MH1004> and his throne<MH3678>, may there be peace<MH7965> from the LORD<MH3068> forever<MH5704, 5769>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-34.htm">34</a>Then Benaiah<MH1141> the son<MH1121> of Jehoiada<MH3077> went<MH5927> up<MH5927> and <a href="#fn">[ad]</a>struck<MH6293> him and put<MH4191> him to<MH4191> death<MH4191>, and he was buried<MH6912> at his own house<MH1004> in the wilderness<MH4057b>. <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">35</a>And the king<MH4428> appointed<MH5414> Benaiah<MH1141> the son<MH1121> of Jehoiada<MH3077> over<MH5921> the army<MH6635> in<MH8478> his place<MH8478>, and the king<MH4428> appointed<MH5414> Zadok<MH6659> the priest<MH3548> in<MH8478> place<MH8478> of<MH8478> Abiathar<MH54>. Shimei Executed<a href="/1_kings/2-36.htm">36</a>Now the king<MH4428> sent<MH7971> men and summoned<MH7121> Shimei<MH8096>, and said<MH559> to him, “Build<MH1129> yourself a house<MH1004> in Jerusalem<MH3389> and live<MH3427> there<MH8033>, and do not leave<MH3318> there<MH8033> for any<MH575> other place<MH575>. <a href="/1_kings/2-37.htm">37</a>For on the day<MH3117> you leave<MH3318> and cross<MH5674a> the <a href="#fn">[ae]</a>brook<MH5158a> Kidron<MH6939>, you will know<MH3045> for<MH3045> certain<MH3045> that you will assuredly<MH4191> die<MH4191>; your blood<MH1818> will be <a href="#fn">[af]</a>on your own head<MH7218>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-38.htm">38</a>Shimei<MH8096> then said<MH559> to the king<MH4428>, “The word<MH1697> is good<MH2896a>. Just<MH3512c> as<MH3512c> my lord<MH113> the king<MH4428> has spoken<MH1696>, so<MH3651> your servant<MH5650> shall do<MH6213a>.” So Shimei<MH8096> lived<MH3427> in Jerusalem<MH3389> for many<MH7227a> days<MH3117>. <a href="/1_kings/2-39.htm">39</a>But it came<MH1961> about<MH1961> at the end<MH7093> of three<MH7969> years<MH8141>, that two<MH8147> of Shimei’s<MH8096> servants<MH5650> ran<MH1272> away<MH1272> to Achish<MH397> son<MH1121> of Maacah<MH4601>, king<MH4428> of Gath<MH1661>. And others told<MH5046> Shimei<MH8096>, saying<MH559>, “Behold<MH2009>, your servants<MH5650> are in Gath<MH1661>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-40.htm">40</a>Then Shimei<MH8096> got<MH6965> up<MH6965> and saddled<MH2280> his donkey<MH2543>, and went<MH1980> to Gath<MH1661> to Achish<MH397>, to search<MH1245> for his servants<MH5650>. And Shimei<MH8096> went<MH1980> and brought<MH935> his servants<MH5650> from Gath<MH1661>. <a href="/1_kings/2-41.htm">41</a>And it was reported<MH5046> to Solomon<MH8010> that Shimei<MH8096> had gone<MH1980> from Jerusalem<MH3389> to Gath<MH1661>, and had returned<MH7725>. <a href="/1_kings/2-42.htm">42</a>So the king<MH4428> sent<MH7971> men and summoned<MH7121> Shimei<MH8096>, and said<MH559> to him, “Did I not make you swear<MH7650> by the LORD<MH3068>, and solemnly<MH5749b> warn<MH5749b> you, saying<MH559>, ‘Know<MH3045> for<MH3045> certain<MH3045> that on the day<MH3117> you depart<MH3318> and go<MH1980> anywhere<MH575>, you shall assuredly<MH4191> die<MH4191>’? And you said<MH559> to me, ‘The word<MH1697> I have heard<MH8085> is good<MH2896a>.’ <a href="/1_kings/2-43.htm">43</a>Why<MH4069> then have you not kept<MH8104> the oath<MH7621> of the LORD<MH3068>, and the command<MH4687> which<MH834> I <a href="#fn">[ag]</a>imposed<MH6680> on you?” <a href="/1_kings/2-44.htm">44</a>The king<MH4428> also said<MH559> to Shimei<MH8096>, “You yourself<MH859> know<MH3045> all<MH3605> the evil<MH7463a> that <a href="#fn">[ah]</a>you acknowledge<MH3045> in your heart<MH3824>, which<MH834> you did<MH6213a> to my father<MH1> David<MH1732>; therefore the LORD<MH3068> will return<MH7725> your evil<MH7463a> on your own head<MH7218>. <a href="/1_kings/2-45.htm">45</a>But King<MH4428> Solomon<MH8010> will be blessed<MH1288>, and the throne<MH3678> of David<MH1732> will be established<MH3559> before<MH6440> the LORD<MH3068> forever<MH5704, 5769>.” <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">46</a>So the king<MH4428> commanded<MH6680> Benaiah<MH1141> the son<MH1121> of Jehoiada<MH3077>, and he went<MH3318> out<MH3318> and <a href="#fn">[ai]</a>struck<MH6293> him so that he died<MH4191>. And the kingdom<MH4467> was established<MH3559> in the hands<MH3027> of Solomon<MH8010>.<A name="fn"></a> [a] 1 Lit days [b] 2 Lit become a man [c] 3 Or carefully perform [d] 4 Lit word [e] 4 Or faithfulness [f] 4 Lit there shall not be cut off to you a man from upon [g] 5 Lit brought blood...on peace [h] 6 I.e., the netherworld [i] 7 Lit so they came near to me [j] 9 I.e., the netherworld [k] 10 I.e., died [l] 15 Lit set their faces toward me [m] 16 Lit turn away my face [n] 17 Lit turn away your face [o] 20 Lit turn away my face [p] 20 Lit turn away your face [q] 23 Lit soul [r] 24 Lit spoke [s] 25 Lit attacked [t] 26 Lit are a man of death [u] 26 Lit day [v] 26 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD [w] 29 Lit behold, beside [x] 29 Lit attack [y] 31 Lit attack [z] 31 Or cause [aa] 32 Lit attacked [ab] 33 Lit seed [ac] 33 Lit seed [ad] 34 Lit attacked [ae] 37 Or wadi [af] 37 I.e., your own responsibility [ag] 43 Lit commanded [ah] 44 Lit your heart acknowledges [ai] 46 Lit attacked </div> <div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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