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1 Kings 2 (WEBP)

[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.

1 Kings 2:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.
1 Kings 2:9 Sheol is the place of the dead.
1 Kings 2:26 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
1 Kings 2:33 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 2 (KJVS)

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

1 Kings 2:3 Or, do wisely
1 Kings 2:4 Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne
1 Kings 2:5 Heb. put
1 Kings 2:8 Heb. strong
1 Kings 2:16 Heb. turn not away my face
1 Kings 2:26 Heb. a man of death

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 2 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἤγγισαν () αἱ () ἡμέραι () Δαυιδ () ἀποθανεῖν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () τῷ () Σαλωμων υἱῷ () αὐτοῦ () λέγων ()
[2] Ἐγώ () εἰμι () πορεύομαι () ἐν () ὁδῷ () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς· () καὶ () ἰσχύσεις () καὶ () ἔσῃ () εἰς () ἄνδρα ()
[3] καὶ () φυλάξεις () τὴν () φυλακὴν () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () σου () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτοῦ () φυλάσσειν () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () δικαιώματα () καὶ () τὰ () κρίματα () τὰ () γεγραμμένα () ἐν () νόμῳ () Μωυσέως, () ἵνα () συνίῃς () ἃ () ποιήσεις () κατὰ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () ἐντείλωμαί () σοι, ()
[4] ἵνα () στήσῃ () κύριος () τὸν () λόγον () αὐτοῦ, () ὃν () ἐλάλησεν () λέγων () Ἐὰν () φυλάξωσιν () οἱ () υἱοί () σου () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτῶν () πορεύεσθαι () ἐνώπιον () ἐμοῦ () ἐν () ἀληθείᾳ () ἐν () ὅλῃ () καρδίᾳ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐν () ὅλῃ () ψυχῇ () αὐτῶν, () λέγων () Οὐκ () ἐξολεθρευθήσεταί () σοι () ἀνὴρ () ἐπάνωθεν θρόνου () Ισραηλ. ()
[5] Καί () γε () σὺ () ἔγνως () ὅσα () ἐποίησέν () μοι () Ιωαβ υἱὸς () Σαρουιας, ὅσα () ἐποίησεν () τοῖς () δυσὶν () ἄρχουσιν () τῶν () δυνάμεων () Ισραηλ, () τῷ () Αβεννηρ υἱῷ () Νηρ καὶ () τῷ () Αμεσσαι υἱῷ () Ιεθερ, καὶ () ἀπέκτεινεν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἔταξεν () τὰ () αἵματα () πολέμου () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () ἐν () τῇ () ζώνῃ () αὐτοῦ () τῇ () ἐν () τῇ () ὀσφύι () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ὑποδήματι () αὐτοῦ () τῷ () ἐν () τῷ () ποδὶ () αὐτοῦ· ()
[6] καὶ () ποιήσεις () κατὰ () τὴν () σοφίαν () σου () καὶ () οὐ () κατάξεις () τὴν () πολιὰν αὐτοῦ () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()
[7] Καὶ () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Βερζελλι τοῦ () Γαλααδίτου ποιήσεις () ἔλεος, () καὶ () ἔσονται () ἐν () τοῖς () ἐσθίουσιν () τὴν () τράπεζάν () σου, () ὅτι () οὕτως () ἤγγισάν () μοι () ἐν () τῷ () με () ἀποδιδράσκειν ἀπὸ () προσώπου () Αβεσσαλωμ τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () σου. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () μετὰ () σοῦ () Σεμει () υἱὸς () Γηρα υἱὸς () τοῦ () Ιεμενι ἐκ () Βαουριμ, καὶ () αὐτὸς () κατηράσατό () με () κατάραν () ὀδυνηρὰν τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἐπορευόμην () εἰς () Παρεμβολάς, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () κατέβη () εἰς () ἀπαντήν μου () εἰς () τὸν () Ιορδάνην, () καὶ () ὤμοσα () αὐτῷ () ἐν () κυρίῳ () λέγων () Εἰ () θανατώσω () σε () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ· ()
[9] καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀθῳώσῃς αὐτόν, () ὅτι () ἀνὴρ () σοφὸς () εἶ () σὺ () καὶ () γνώσῃ () ἃ () ποιήσεις () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () κατάξεις () τὴν () πολιὰν αὐτοῦ () ἐν () αἵματι () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐκοιμήθη () Δαυιδ () μετὰ () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () πόλει () Δαυιδ. ()
[11] Καὶ () αἱ () ἡμέραι, () ἃς () ἐβασίλευσεν () Δαυιδ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ, () τεσσαράκοντα () ἔτη· () ἐν () Χεβρων ἐβασίλευσεν () ἔτη () ἑπτὰ () καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () τριάκοντα () τρία () ἔτη. ()
[12] Καὶ () Σαλωμων ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θρόνου () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () υἱὸς () ἐτῶν () δώδεκα, () καὶ () ἡτοιμάσθη () ἡ () βασιλεία () αὐτοῦ () σφόδρα. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Αδωνιας υἱὸς () Αγγιθ πρὸς () Βηρσαβεε μητέρα () Σαλωμων καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῇ. () Ἡ () δὲ () εἶπεν () Εἰρήνη () ἡ () εἴσοδός () σου; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Εἰρήνη· ()
[14] λόγος () μοι () πρὸς () σέ. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Λάλησον. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Σὺ () οἶδας () ὅτι () ἐμοὶ () ἦν () ἡ () βασιλεία () καὶ () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () ἔθετο () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () βασιλέα, () καὶ () ἐστράφη () ἡ () βασιλεία () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () τῷ () ἀδελφῷ () μου, () ὅτι () παρὰ () κυρίου () ἐγένετο () αὐτῷ· ()
[16] καὶ () νῦν () αἴτησιν μίαν () ἐγὼ () αἰτοῦμαι () παρὰ () σοῦ, () μὴ () ἀποστρέψῃς () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Βηρσαβεε Λάλει. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Εἰπὸν () δὴ () πρὸς () Σαλωμων τὸν () βασιλέα ()—ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀποστρέψει () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () σοῦ ()—καὶ () δώσει () μοι () τὴν () Αβισακ τὴν () Σωμανῖτιν εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Βηρσαβεε Καλῶς· () ἐγὼ () λαλήσω () περὶ () σοῦ () τῷ () βασιλεῖ. ()
[19] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Βηρσαβεε πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Σαλωμων λαλῆσαι () αὐτῷ () περὶ () Αδωνιου. Καὶ () ἐξανέστη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () εἰς () ἀπαντὴν αὐτῇ () καὶ () κατεφίλησεν () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θρόνου () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐτέθη () θρόνος () τῇ () μητρὶ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Αἴτησιν μίαν () μικρὰν () ἐγὼ () αἰτοῦμαι () παρὰ () σοῦ, () μὴ () ἀποστρέψῃς () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Αἴτησαι, () μῆτερ () ἐμή, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀποστρέψω () σε. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δοθήτω () δὲ () Αβισακ ἡ () Σωμανῖτις τῷ () Αδωνια τῷ () ἀδελφῷ () σου () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Σαλωμων ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () σὺ () ᾔτησαι () τὴν () Αβισακ τῷ () Αδωνια; Καὶ () αἴτησαι () αὐτῷ () τὴν () βασιλείαν, () ὅτι () οὗτος () ἀδελφός () μου () ὁ () μέγας () ὑπὲρ () ἐμέ, () καὶ () αὐτῷ () Αβιαθαρ () ὁ () ἱερεὺς () καὶ () αὐτῷ () Ιωαβ ὁ () υἱὸς () Σαρουιας ὁ () ἀρχιστράτηγος ἑταῖρος. ()
[23] Καὶ () ὤμοσεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σαλωμων κατὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου () λέγων () Τάδε () ποιήσαι () μοι () ὁ () θεὸς () καὶ () τάδε () προσθείη, () ὅτι () κατὰ () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ () ἐλάλησεν () Αδωνιας τὸν () λόγον () τοῦτον· ()
[24] καὶ () νῦν () ζῇ () κύριος, () ὃς () ἡτοίμασέν () με () καὶ () ἔθετό () με () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θρόνον () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐποίησέν () μοι () οἶκον, () καθὼς () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος, () ὅτι () σήμερον () θανατωθήσεται () Αδωνιας.
[25] Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () Σαλωμων ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἐν () χειρὶ () Βαναιου υἱοῦ () Ιωδαε καὶ () ἀνεῖλεν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Αδωνιας ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ. ()
[26] Καὶ () τῷ () Αβιαθαρ () τῷ () ἱερεῖ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Ἀπότρεχε σὺ () εἰς () Αναθωθ εἰς () ἀγρόν () σου, () ὅτι () ἀνὴρ () θανάτου () εἶ () σὺ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ταύτῃ, () καὶ () οὐ () θανατώσω () σε, () ὅτι () ἦρας () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () τῆς () διαθήκης () κυρίου () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () πατρός () μου, () καὶ () ὅτι () ἐκακουχήθης () ἐν () ἅπασιν, () οἷς () ἐκακουχήθη () ὁ () πατήρ () μου. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἐξέβαλεν () Σαλωμων τὸν () Αβιαθαρ () τοῦ () μὴ () εἶναι () ἱερέα () τοῦ () κυρίου, () πληρωθῆναι () τὸ () ῥῆμα () κυρίου, () ὃ () ἐλάλησεν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () Ηλι () ἐν () Σηλωμ.—
[28] καὶ () ἡ () ἀκοὴ () ἦλθεν () ἕως () Ιωαβ τοῦ () υἱοῦ () Σαρουιας [ὅτι () Ιωαβ ἦν () κεκλικὼς () ὀπίσω () Αδωνιου, καὶ () ὀπίσω () Σαλωμων οὐκ () ἔκλινεν], () καὶ () ἔφυγεν () Ιωαβ εἰς () τὸ () σκήνωμα () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () κατέσχεν () τῶν () κεράτων () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σαλωμων λέγοντες () ὅτι () Ἔφυγεν () Ιωαβ εἰς () τὴν () σκηνὴν () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () κατέχει () τῶν () κεράτων () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου. () Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαλωμων πρὸς () Ιωαβ λέγων () Τί () γέγονέν () σοι, () ὅτι () πέφευγας () εἰς () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιωαβ Ὅτι () ἐφοβήθην () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () σου, () καὶ () ἔφυγον () πρὸς () κύριον. () Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σαλωμων ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () Βαναιου υἱὸν () Ιωδαε λέγων () Πορεύου () καὶ () ἄνελε () αὐτὸν () καὶ () θάψον () αὐτόν. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Βαναιου υἱὸς () Ιωδαε πρὸς () Ιωαβ εἰς () τὴν () σκηνὴν () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Τάδε () λέγει () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Ἔξελθε. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιωαβ Οὐκ () ἐκπορεύομαι, () ὅτι () ὧδε () ἀποθανοῦμαι. () Καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () Βαναιας υἱὸς () Ιωδαε καὶ () εἶπεν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () λέγων () Τάδε () λελάληκεν () Ιωαβ καὶ () τάδε () ἀποκέκριταί () μοι. ()
[31] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Πορεύου () καὶ () ποίησον () αὐτῷ () καθὼς () εἴρηκεν, () καὶ () ἄνελε () αὐτὸν () καὶ () θάψεις () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐξαρεῖς () σήμερον () τὸ () αἷμα, () ὃ () δωρεὰν () ἐξέχεεν () Ιωαβ, ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () μου· ()
[32] καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () κύριος () τὸ () αἷμα () τῆς () ἀδικίας () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ, () ὡς () ἀπήντησεν () τοῖς () δυσὶν () ἀνθρώποις () τοῖς () δικαίοις () καὶ () ἀγαθοῖς () ὑπὲρ () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀπέκτεινεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ, () καὶ () ὁ () πατήρ () μου () Δαυιδ () οὐκ () ἔγνω () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτῶν, () τὸν () Αβεννηρ υἱὸν () Νηρ ἀρχιστράτηγον Ισραηλ () καὶ () τὸν () Αμεσσα υἱὸν () Ιεθερ ἀρχιστράτηγον Ιουδα·
[33] καὶ () ἐπεστράφη () τὰ () αἵματα () αὐτῶν () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () τοῦ () σπέρματος () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () καὶ () τῷ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τῷ () σπέρματι () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῷ () θρόνῳ () αὐτοῦ () γένοιτο () εἰρήνη () ἕως () αἰῶνος () παρὰ () κυρίου. ()
[34] Καὶ () ἀπήντησεν () Βαναιου υἱὸς () Ιωδαε τῷ () Ιωαβ καὶ () ἐθανάτωσεν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἔθαψεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. ()—
[35] καὶ () ἔδωκεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () Βαναιου υἱὸν () Ιωδαε ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () στρατηγίαν· καὶ () ἡ () βασιλεία () κατωρθοῦτο ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ· () καὶ () τὸν () Σαδωκ () τὸν () ἱερέα () ἔδωκεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () εἰς () ἱερέα () πρῶτον () ἀντὶ () Αβιαθαρ. ()
[36] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () Σεμει () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Οἰκοδόμησον () σεαυτῷ () οἶκον () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () κάθου () ἐκεῖ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐξελεύσῃ () ἐκεῖθεν () οὐδαμοῦ·
[37] καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῆς () ἐξόδου () σου () καὶ () διαβήσῃ () τὸν () χειμάρρουν () Κεδρων, () γινώσκων () γνώσῃ () ὅτι () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανῇ, () τὸ () αἷμά () σου () ἔσται () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλήν () σου. () Καὶ () ὥρκισεν () αὐτὸν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ. ()
[38] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σεμει () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Ἀγαθὸν () τὸ () ῥῆμα, () ὃ () ἐλάλησας, () κύριέ () μου () βασιλεῦ· () οὕτω () ποιήσει () ὁ () δοῦλός () σου. () Καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Σεμει () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () τρία () ἔτη. ()
[39] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () μετὰ () τρία () ἔτη () καὶ () ἀπέδρασαν δύο () δοῦλοι () τοῦ () Σεμει () πρὸς () Αγχους υἱὸν () Μααχα βασιλέα () Γεθ, καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σεμει () λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () οἱ () δοῦλοί () σου () ἐν () Γεθ·
[40] καὶ () ἀνέστη () Σεμει () καὶ () ἐπέσαξε τὴν () ὄνον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () Γεθ πρὸς () Αγχους τοῦ () ἐκζητῆσαι () τοὺς () δούλους () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Σεμει () καὶ () ἤγαγεν () τοὺς () δούλους () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () Γεθ.
[41] Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σαλωμων λέγοντες () ὅτι () Ἐπορεύθη () Σεμει () ἐξ () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () Γεθ καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () τοὺς () δούλους () αὐτοῦ. ()
[42] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸν () Σεμει () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Οὐχὶ () ὥρκισά () σε () κατὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐπεμαρτυράμην () σοι () λέγων () Ἐν () ᾗ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐξέλθῃς () ἐξ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () πορευθῇς () εἰς () δεξιὰ () ἢ () εἰς () ἀριστερά, () γινώσκων () γνώσῃ () ὅτι () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανῇ; ()
[43] Καὶ () τί () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐφύλαξας () τὸν () ὅρκον () κυρίου () καὶ () τὴν () ἐντολήν, () ἣν () ἐνετειλάμην () κατὰ () σοῦ; ()
[44] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () Σεμει () Σὺ () οἶδας () πᾶσαν () τὴν () κακίαν () σου, () ἣν () ἔγνω () ἡ () καρδία () σου, () ἃ () ἐποίησας () τῷ () Δαυιδ () τῷ () πατρί () μου, () καὶ () ἀνταπέδωκεν () κύριος () τὴν () κακίαν () σου () εἰς () κεφαλήν () σου· ()
[45] καὶ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σαλωμων ηὐλογημένος, () καὶ () ὁ () θρόνος () Δαυιδ () ἔσται () ἕτοιμος () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[46] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σαλωμων τῷ () Βαναια υἱῷ () Ιωδαε, καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () καὶ () ἀνεῖλεν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.