1Kings 2
2As the time approached for David to die, he instructed his son Solomon,H3117H1732H7126H4191H6680H8010H1121H5592"As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and brave,H1980H1870H776H2388H3763and keep your obligation to the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do and wherever you turn,H8104H4931H3068H430H3212H1870H8104H2708H4687H4941H5715H3789H8451H4872H7919H6213H64374and so that the LORD will carry out His promise that He made to me: 'If your sons are careful to walk faithfully before Me with their whole mind and heart, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'H3068H6965H1697H1696H559H1121H8104H1870H3212H6440H571H3824H5315H3772H559H376H3678H34785"You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel's army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them [in a time] of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.H3045H3097H1121H6870H6213H6213H8147H8269H6635H3478H74H1121H5369H6021H1121H3500H2026H7760H1818H4421H7965H5414H1818H4421H2290H4975H5275H72726Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.H6213H2451H7872H3381H7585H79657"Show loyalty to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table because they supported me when I fled from your brother Absalom.H6213H2617H1121H1271H1569H398H7979H7126H1272H6440H53H2518"Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the LORD: 'I will never kill you with the sword.'H8096H1121H1617H1145H980H7043H4834H7045H3117H3212H4266H3381H7125H3383H7650H3068H559H4191H27199So don't let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood."H5352H2450H376H3045H6213H7872H3381H7585H181810Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.H1732H7901H1H6912H5892H173211The [length of] time David reigned over Israel was 40 years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.H3117H1732H4427H3478H705H8141H7651H8141H4427H2275H7970H7969H8141H4427H338912Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.H3427H8010H3678H1732H1H4438H3559H396613Now Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She asked, "Do you come peacefully?" "Peacefully," he replied,H138H1121H2294H935H1339H517H8010H559H935H7965H559H796514and then asked, "May I talk with you?" "Go ahead," she answered.H559H1697H559H169615"You know the kingship was mine," he said. "All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the LORD gave it to him.H559H3045H4410H3478H7760H6440H4427H4410H5437H251H306816So now I have just one request of you; don't turn me down." She said to him, "Go on."H7592H259H7596H7725H6440H559H169617He replied, "Please speak to King Solomon since he won't turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife."H559H559H8010H4428H7725H6440H7725H5414H49H7767H80218"Very well," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you."H1339H559H2896H1696H442819So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king's mother. So she sat down at his right hand.H1339H935H4428H8010H1696H138H4428H6965H7125H7812H3427H3678H3678H7760H4428H517H3427H322520Then she said, "I have just one small request of you. Don't turn me down." "[Go ahead and] ask, mother," the king replied, "for I won't turn you down."H559H7592H259H6996H7596H7725H6440H7725H4428H559H7592H517H7725H6440H772521So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."H559H49H7767H5414H138H251H80222King Solomon answered his mother, "Why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my elder brother, you might as well ask the kingship for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah."H4428H8010H6030H559H517H7592H49H7767H138H7592H4410H1419H251H54H3548H3097H1121H687023Then Solomon took an oath by the LORD: "May God punish me and do so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.H4428H8010H7650H3068H559H430H6213H3254H138H1696H1697H531524And now, as the LORD lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised— I swear Adonijah will be put to death today!"H3068H2416H3559H3427H3678H1732H1H6213H1004H1696H138H4191H311725Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.H4428H8010H7971H3027H1141H1121H3077H6293H419126The king said to Abiathar the priest, "Go to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death today, since you carried the ark of the Lord God in the presence of my father David and you suffered through all that my father suffered."H54H3548H559H4428H3212H6068H7704H376H4194H3117H4191H5375H727H136H3069H6440H1732H1H6031H1H603127So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the LORD's priest, and it fulfilled the LORD's prophecy He had spoken at Shiloh against Eli's family.H8010H1644H54H3548H3068H4390H1697H3068H1696H1004H5941H788728The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the LORD's tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.H8052H935H3097H3097H5186H310H138H5186H310H53H3097H5127H168H3068H2388H7161H419629It was reported to King Solomon: "Joab has fled to the LORD's tabernacle and is now beside the altar." Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada and told [him], "Go and strike him down!"H5046H4428H8010H3097H5127H168H3068H681H4196H8010H7971H1141H1121H3077H559H3212H629330So Benaiah went to the tabernacle and said to Joab, "This is what the king says: 'Come out!' " But Joab said, "No, for I will die here." So Benaiah took a message back to the king, "This is what Joab said, and this is how he answered me."H1141H935H168H3068H559H559H4428H3318H559H4191H1141H7725H4428H1697H7725H559H1696H3097H603031The king said to him, "Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father's house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.H4428H559H6213H1696H6293H6912H5493H2600H1818H3097H8210H1004H132The LORD will bring back his own blood on his own head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David's knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army.H3068H7725H1818H7218H6293H8147H582H6662H2896H2026H2719H1H1732H3045H74H1121H5369H8269H6635H3478H6021H1121H3500H8269H6635H306333Their blood will come back on Joab's head and on the head of his descendants forever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the LORD forever."H1818H7725H7218H3097H7218H2233H5769H1732H2233H1004H3678H7965H5704H5769H306834Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and put him to death. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.H1141H1121H3077H5927H6293H4191H6912H1004H405735Then the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab's place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.H4428H5414H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H3548H4428H5414H5436Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but don't leave there [and go] anywhere else.H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H1129H1004H3389H3427H3318H57537On the day you do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die. Your blood will be on your own head."H3117H3318H5674H5158H6939H3045H3045H4191H4191H1818H721838Shimei said to the king, "The sentence is fair; your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken." And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.H8096H559H4428H1697H2896H113H4428H1696H5650H6213H8096H3427H3389H7227H311739But then, at the end of three years, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was informed, "Look, your slaves are in Gath."H7093H7969H8141H8147H5650H8096H1272H397H1121H4601H4428H1661H5046H8096H559H5650H166140So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath to search for his slaves. He went and brought them back from Gath.H8096H6965H2280H2543H3212H1661H397H1245H5650H8096H3212H935H5650H166141It was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.H5046H8010H8096H1980H3389H1661H772542So the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Didn't I make you swear by the LORD and warn you, saying, 'On the day you leave and go anywhere else, know for sure that you will certainly die'? And you said to me, 'The sentence is fair; I will obey.'H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H7650H3068H5749H559H3045H3045H3117H3318H1980H575H4191H4191H559H1697H8085H289643So why have you not kept the LORD's oath and the command that I gave you?"H8104H7621H3068H4687H668044The king also said, "You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore, the LORD has brought back your evil on your head,H4428H559H8096H3045H7451H3824H3045H6213H1732H1H3068H7725H7451H721845but King Solomon will be blessed, and David's throne will remain established before the LORD forever."H4428H8010H1288H3678H1732H3559H6440H3068H5704H576946Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in Solomon's hand.H4428H6680H1141H1121H3077H3318H6293H4191H4467H3559H3027H8010
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