1 Kings 2:1-11
1599 Geneva Bible
2 1 David exhorteth Solomon, and giveth charge concerning Joab, Barzillai, and Shimei. 10 The death of David. 17 Adonijah asketh Abishag to wife. 25 He is slain. 35 Zadok was placed in Abiathar’s room.
1 Then the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I go the [a]way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show thyself a man,
3 And take heed to the [b]charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest (A)[c]prosper in all that thou doest, and in everything whereunto thou turnest thee,
4 That the Lord may confirm his word which he spake unto me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, that they walk before me in [d]truth, with all their hearts, and with all their souls, (B)[e]thou shalt not (said he) want one of thy posterity upon the throne of Israel.
5 Thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains to the hosts of Israel, unto (C)Abner the son of Ner, and unto (D)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and [f]shed blood of battle in peace, and [g]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 thou not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7 But show kindness unto the sons of (E)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eat at thy table: [h]for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.
8 ¶ And behold, with thee (F)is Shimei the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, of Bahurim, which cursed me with an horrible 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, (G)I will not slay thee with the sword.
9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoar head to go down to the grave with [i]blood.
10 So (H)David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days which David (I)reigned upon Israel, were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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- 1 Kings 2:2 I am ready to die as all men must.
- 1 Kings 2:3 He showeth how hard a thing it is to govern, and that none can do it well except he obey God.
- 1 Kings 2:3 Or, do wisely.
- 1 Kings 2:4 And without hypocrisy.
- 1 Kings 2:4 Hebrew, a man shall not be cut off to thee from off the throne.
- 1 Kings 2:5 He shed his blood in time of peace, as if there had been war.
- 1 Kings 2:5 He put the bloody sword into his sheath.
- 1 Kings 2:7 That is, they dealt mercifully with me.
- 1 Kings 2:9 Let him be punished with death, see 1 Kings 2:46.
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