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[1] Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, [2] “I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man; [3] and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn yourself. [4] Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’ [5] “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist and in his sandals that were on his feet. [6] Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheolⓘ in peace. [7] But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother. [8] “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ [9] Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheolⓘ with blood.” [10] David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city. [11] The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. [12] Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established. [13] Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?”He said, “Peaceably. [14] He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”She said, “Say on.” [15] He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh. [16] Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”She said to him, “Say on.” [17] He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.” [18] Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.” [19] Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. [20] Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.”The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny you.” [21] She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.” [22] King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.” [23] Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. [24] Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on my father David’s throne, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.” [25] King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died. [26] To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord§ Yahweh’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.” [27] So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill Yahweh’s word which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. [28] This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and held onto the horns of the altar. [29] King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to Yahweh’s Tent; and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.” [30] Benaiah came to Yahweh’s Tent, and said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’ ”He said, “No; but I will die here.”Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “This is what Joab said, and this is how he answered me.” [31] The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him, that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house. [32] Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. [33] So their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his offspring§ forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from Yahweh.” [34] Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. [35] The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. [36] The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else. [37] For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.” [38] Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. [39] At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.” [40] Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves; and Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath. [41] Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again. [42] The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and walk anywhere else, you shall surely die’? You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’ [43] Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the commandment that I have instructed you with?” [44] The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head. [45] But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever.” [46] So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. Sheol is the place of the dead.
  2. Sheol is the place of the dead.
  3. The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
  4. or, seed
King James Version
[1] Now the daysH3117 of DavidH1732 drew nighH7126(QalImpf) that he should die;H4191(QalInf) and he chargedH6680(PielImpf) SolomonH8010 his son,H1121 saying,H559(QalInf) [2] I goH1980(QalActPtc) the wayH1870 of all the earth:H776 be thou strongH2388(QalPerf) therefore, and shew thyself a man;H376 [3] And keepH8104(QalPerf) the chargeH4931 of the LordH3068 thy God,H430 to walkH3212(QalInf) in his ways,H1870 to keepH8104(QalInf) his statutes,H2708 and his commandments,H4687 and his judgments,H4941 and his testimonies,H5715 as it is writtenH3789(QalPasPtc) in the lawH8451 of Moses,H4872 that thou mayest prosperH7919(HiphImpf) in all that thou doest,H6213(QalImpf) and whithersoever thou turnestH6437(QalImpf) thyself: [4] That the LordH3068 may continueH6965(HiphImpf) his wordH1697 which he spakeH1696(PielPerf) concerning me, saying,H559(QalInf) If thy childrenH1121 take heedH8104(QalImpf) to their way,H1870 to walkH3212(QalInf) beforeH6440 me in truthH571 with all their heartH3824 and with all their soul,H5315 there shall not failH3772(NiphImpf) thee (saidH559(QalInf) he) a manH376 on the throneH3678 of Israel.H3478 [5] Moreover thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) also what JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 didH6213(QalPerf) to me, [and] what he didH6213(QalPerf) to the twoH8147 captainsH8269 of the hostsH6635 of Israel,H3478 unto AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of Ner,H5369 and unto AmasaH6021 the sonH1121 of Jether,H3500 whom he slew,H2026(QalImpf) and shedH7760(QalImpf) the bloodH1818 of warH4421 in peace,H7965 and putH5414(QalImpf) the bloodH1818 of warH4421 upon his girdleH2290 that [was] about his loins,H4975 and in his shoesH5275 that [were] on his feet.H7272 [6] DoH6213(QalPerf) therefore according to thy wisdom,H2451 and let not his hoar headH7872 go downH3381(HiphImpf) to the graveH7585 in peace.H7965 [7] But shewH6213(QalImpf) kindnessH2617 unto the sonsH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the Gileadite,H1569 and let them be of those that eatH398(QalActPtc) at thy table:H7979 for so they cameH7126(QalPerf) to me when I fledH1272(QalInf) becauseH6440 of AbsalomH53 thy brother.H251 [8] And, behold, [thou hast] with thee ShimeiH8096 the sonH1121 of Gera,H1617 a BenjamiteH1145 of Bahurim,H980 which cursedH7043(PielPerf) me with a grievousH4834(NiphPtc) curseH7045 in the dayH3117 when I wentH3212(QalInf) to Mahanaim:H4266 but he came downH3381(QalPerf) to meetH7125(QalInf) me at Jordan,H3383 and I swareH7650(NiphImpf) to him by the Lord,H3068 saying,H559(QalInf) I will not put thee to deathH4191(HiphImpf) with the sword.H2719 [9] Now therefore hold him not guiltless:H5352(PielImpf) for thou [art] a wiseH2450 man,H376 and knowestH3045(QalPerf) what thou oughtest to doH6213(QalImpf) unto him; but his hoar headH7872 bring thou downH3381(HiphPerf) to the graveH7585 with blood.H1818 [10] So DavidH1732 sleptH7901(QalImpf) with his fathers,H1 and was buriedH6912(NiphImpf) in the cityH5892 of David.H1732 [11] And the daysH3117 that DavidH1732 reignedH4427(QalPerf) over IsraelH3478 [were] fortyH705 years:H8141 sevenH7651 yearsH8141 reignedH4427(QalPerf) he in Hebron,H2275 and thirtyH7970 and threeH7969 yearsH8141 reignedH4427(QalPerf) he in Jerusalem.H3389 [12] Then satH3427(QalPerf) SolomonH8010 upon the throneH3678 of DavidH1732 his father;H1 and his kingdomH4438 was establishedH3559(NiphImpf) greatly.H3966 [13] And AdonijahH138 the sonH1121 of HaggithH2294 cameH935(QalImpf) to BathshebaH1339 the motherH517 of Solomon.H8010 And she said,H559(QalImpf) ComestH935(QalInf) thou peaceably?H7965 And he said,H559(QalImpf) Peaceably.H7965 [14] He saidH559(QalImpf) moreover, I have somewhat to sayH1697 unto thee. And she said,H559(QalImpf) Say on.H1696(PielImpv) [15] And he said,H559(QalImpf) Thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) that the kingdomH4410 was mine, and [that] all IsraelH3478 setH7760(QalPerf) their facesH6440 on me, that I should reign:H4427(QalInf) howbeit the kingdomH4410 is turned about,H5437(NiphImpf) and is become my brother’s:H251 for it was his from the Lord.H3068 [16] And now I askH7592(QalActPtc) oneH259 petitionH7596 of thee, denyH7725(HiphImpf) meH6440 not. And she saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Say on.H1696(PielImpv) [17] And he said,H559(QalImpf) Speak,H559(QalImpv) I pray thee, unto SolomonH8010 the king,H4428 (for he will not sayH7725 theeH6440 nay,H7725(HiphImpf)) that he giveH5414(QalImpf) me AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 to wife.H802 [18] And BathshebaH1339 said,H559(QalImpf) Well;H2896 I will speakH1696(PielImpf) for thee unto the king.H4428 [19] BathshebaH1339 therefore wentH935(QalImpf) unto kingH4428 Solomon,H8010 to speakH1696(PielInf) unto him for Adonijah.H138 And the kingH4428 rose upH6965(QalImpf) to meetH7125(QalInf) her, and bowedH7812(HithImpf) himself unto her, and sat downH3427(QalImpf) on his throne,H3678 and caused a seatH3678 to be setH7760(QalImpf) for the king’sH4428 mother;H517 and she satH3427(QalImpf) on his right hand.H3225 [20] Then she said,H559(QalImpf) I desireH7592(QalActPtc) oneH259 smallH6996 petitionH7596 of thee; [I pray thee], sayH7725 meH6440 not nay.H7725(HiphImpf) And the kingH4428 saidH559(QalImpf) unto her, Ask on,H7592(QalImpv) my mother:H517 for I will not sayH7725 theeH6440 nay.H7725(HiphImpf) [21] And she said,H559(QalImpf) Let AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 be givenH5414(HophImpf) to AdonijahH138 thy brotherH251 to wife.H802 [22] And kingH4428 SolomonH8010 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and saidH559(QalImpf) unto his mother,H517 And why dost thou askH7592(QalActPtc) AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 for Adonijah?H138 askH7592(QalImpv) for him the kingdomH4410 also; for he [is] mine elderH1419 brother;H251 even for him, and for AbiatharH54 the priest,H3548 and for JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of Zeruiah.H6870 [23] Then kingH4428 SolomonH8010 swareH7650(NiphImpf) by the Lord,H3068 saying,H559(QalInf) GodH430 doH6213(QalImpf) so to me, and more also,H3254(HiphImpf) if AdonijahH138 have not spokenH1696(PielPerf) this wordH1697 against his own life.H5315 [24] Now therefore, [as] the LordH3068 liveth,H2416 which hath establishedH3559(HiphPerf) me, and setH3427(HiphImpf) me on the throneH3678 of DavidH1732 my father,H1 and who hath madeH6213(QalPerf) me an house,H1004 as he promised,H1696(PielPerf) AdonijahH138 shall be put to deathH4191(HophImpf) this day.H3117 [25] And kingH4428 SolomonH8010 sentH7971(QalImpf) by the handH3027 of BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of Jehoiada;H3077 and he fellH6293(QalImpf) upon him that he died.H4191(QalImpf) [26] And unto AbiatharH54 the priestH3548 saidH559(QalPerf) the king,H4428 GetH3212(QalImpv) thee to Anathoth,H6068 unto thine own fields;H7704 for thou [art] worthyH376 of death:H4194 but I will not at this timeH3117 put thee to death,H4191(HiphImpf) because thou barestH5375(QalPerf) the arkH727 of the LordH136 GodH3069 beforeH6440 DavidH1732 my father,H1 and because thou hast been afflictedH6031(HithPerf) in all wherein my fatherH1 was afflicted.H6031(HithPerf) [27] So SolomonH8010 thrust outH1644(PielImpf) AbiatharH54 from being priestH3548 unto the Lord;H3068 that he might fulfilH4390(PielInf) the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 which he spakeH1696(PielPerf) concerning the houseH1004 of EliH5941 in Shiloh.H7887 [28] Then tidingsH8052 cameH935(QalPerf) to Joab:H3097 for JoabH3097 had turnedH5186(QalPerf) afterH310 Adonijah,H138 though he turnedH5186(QalPerf) not afterH310 Absalom.H53 And JoabH3097 fledH5127(QalImpf) unto the tabernacleH168 of the Lord,H3068 and caught holdH2388(HiphImpf) on the hornsH7161 of the altar.H4196 [29] And it was toldH5046(HophImpf) kingH4428 SolomonH8010 that JoabH3097 was fledH5127(QalPerf) unto the tabernacleH168 of the Lord;H3068 and, behold, [he is] byH681 the altar.H4196 Then SolomonH8010 sentH7971(QalImpf) BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of Jehoiada,H3077 saying,H559(QalInf) Go,H3212(QalImpv) fallH6293(QalImpv) upon him. [30] And BenaiahH1141 cameH935(QalImpf) to the tabernacleH168 of the Lord,H3068 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the king,H4428 Come forth.H3318(QalImpv) And he said,H559(QalImpf) Nay; but I will dieH4191(QalImpf) here. And BenaiahH1141 broughtH7725 the kingH4428 wordH1697 again,H7725(HiphImpf) saying,H559(QalInf) Thus saidH1696(PielPerf) Joab,H3097 and thus he answeredH6030(QalPerf) me. [31] And the kingH4428 saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, DoH6213(QalImpv) as he hath said,H1696(PielPerf) and fallH6293(QalImpv) upon him, and buryH6912(QalPerf) him; that thou mayest take awayH5493(HiphPerf) the innocentH2600 blood,H1818 which JoabH3097 shed,H8210(QalPerf) from me, and from the houseH1004 of my father.H1 [32] And the LordH3068 shall returnH7725(HiphPerf) his bloodH1818 upon his own head,H7218 who fellH6293(QalPerf) upon twoH8147 menH582 more righteousH6662 and betterH2896 than he, and slewH2026(QalImpf) them with the sword,H2719 my fatherH1 DavidH1732 not knowingH3045(QalPerf) [thereof, to wit], AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of Ner,H5369 captainH8269 of the hostH6635 of Israel,H3478 and AmasaH6021 the sonH1121 of Jether,H3500 captainH8269 of the hostH6635 of Judah.H3063 [33] Their bloodH1818 shall therefore returnH7725(QalPerf) upon the headH7218 of Joab,H3097 and upon the headH7218 of his seedH2233 for ever:H5769 but upon David,H1732 and upon his seed,H2233 and upon his house,H1004 and upon his throne,H3678 shall there be peaceH7965 forH5704 everH5769 from the Lord.H3068 [34] So BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 went up,H5927(QalImpf) and fellH6293(QalImpf) upon him, and slewH4191(HiphImpf) him: and he was buriedH6912(NiphImpf) in his own houseH1004 in the wilderness.H4057 [35] And the kingH4428 putH5414(QalImpf) BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 in his room over the host:H6635 and ZadokH6659 the priestH3548 did the kingH4428 putH5414(QalPerf) in the room of Abiathar.H54 [36] And the kingH4428 sentH7971(QalImpf) and calledH7121(QalImpf) for Shimei,H8096 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, BuildH1129(QalImpv) thee an houseH1004 in Jerusalem,H3389 and dwellH3427(QalPerf) there, and go not forthH3318(QalImpf) thence any whither.H575 [37] For it shall be, [that] on the dayH3117 thou goest out,H3318(QalInf) and passest overH5674(QalPerf) the brookH5158 Kidron,H6939 thou shalt knowH3045(QalImpf) for certainH3045(QalInf) that thou shalt surelyH4191(QalInf) die:H4191(QalImpf) thy bloodH1818 shall be upon thine own head.H7218 [38] And ShimeiH8096 saidH559(QalImpf) unto the king,H4428 The sayingH1697 [is] good:H2896 as my lordH113 the kingH4428 hath said,H1696(PielPerf) so will thy servantH5650 do.H6213(QalImpf) And ShimeiH8096 dweltH3427(QalImpf) in JerusalemH3389 manyH7227 days.H3117 [39] And it came to pass at the endH7093 of threeH7969 years,H8141 that twoH8147 of the servantsH5650 of ShimeiH8096 ran awayH1272(QalImpf) unto AchishH397 sonH1121 of MaachahH4601 kingH4428 of Gath.H1661 And they toldH5046(HiphImpf) Shimei,H8096 saying,H559(QalInf) Behold, thy servantsH5650 [be] in Gath.H1661 [40] And ShimeiH8096 arose,H6965(QalImpf) and saddledH2280(QalImpf) his ass,H2543 and wentH3212(QalImpf) to GathH1661 to AchishH397 to seekH1245(PielInf) his servants:H5650 and ShimeiH8096 went,H3212(QalImpf) and broughtH935(HiphImpf) his servantsH5650 from Gath.H1661 [41] And it was toldH5046(HophImpf) SolomonH8010 that ShimeiH8096 had goneH1980(QalPerf) from JerusalemH3389 to Gath,H1661 and was come again.H7725(QalImpf) [42] And the kingH4428 sentH7971(QalImpf) and calledH7121(QalImpf) for Shimei,H8096 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Did I not make thee to swearH7650(HiphPerf) by the Lord,H3068 and protestedH5749(HiphImpf) unto thee, saying,H559(QalInf) KnowH3045(QalImpf) for a certain,H3045(QalInf) on the dayH3117 thou goest out,H3318(QalInf) and walkestH1980(QalPerf) abroad any whither,H575 that thou shalt surelyH4191(QalInf) die?H4191(QalImpf) and thou saidstH559(QalImpf) unto me, The wordH1697 [that] I have heardH8085(QalPerf) [is] good.H2896 [43] Why then hast thou not keptH8104(QalPerf) the oathH7621 of the Lord,H3068 and the commandmentH4687 that I have chargedH6680(PielPerf) thee with? [44] The kingH4428 saidH559(QalImpf) moreover to Shimei,H8096 Thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) all the wickednessH7451 which thine heartH3824 is privy to,H3045(QalPerf) that thou didstH6213(QalPerf) to DavidH1732 my father:H1 therefore the LordH3068 shall returnH7725(HiphPerf) thy wickednessH7451 upon thine own head;H7218 [45] And kingH4428 SolomonH8010 [shall be] blessed,H1288(QalPasPtc) and the throneH3678 of DavidH1732 shall be establishedH3559(NiphPtc) beforeH6440 the LordH3068 forH5704 ever.H5769 [46] So the kingH4428 commandedH6680(PielImpf) BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of Jehoiada;H3077 which went out,H3318(QalImpf) and fellH6293(QalImpf) upon him, that he died.H4191(QalImpf) And the kingdomH4467 was establishedH3559(NiphPerf) in the handH3027 of Solomon.H8010
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