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2WHEN DAVID'S time to die was near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,H3117H1732H7126H4191H6680H8010H1121H559 2I go the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man;H1980H1870H776H2388H376 3Keep the charge of the Lord your God, walk in His ways, keep His statutes, His commandments, His precepts, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may do wisely {and} prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,H8104H4931H3068H430H3212H1870H8104H2708H4687H4941H5715H3789H8451H4872H7919H6213H6437 4That the Lord may fulfill His promise to me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart {and} mind and with all their soul, there shall not fail you [to have] a man on the throne of Israel.H3068H6965H1697H1696H559H1121H8104H1870H3212H6440H571H3824H5315H3772H559H376H3678H3478 5You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet.H3045H3097H1121H6870H6213H6213H8147H8269H6635H3478H74H1121H5369H6021H1121H3500H2026H7760H1818H4421H7965H5414H1818H4421H2290H4975H5275H7272 6Do therefore according to your wisdom, but let not his hoary head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.H6213H2451H7872H3381H7585H7965 7But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such kindness they met me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.H6213H2617H1121H1271H1569H398H7979H7126H1272H6440H53H251 8And you have with you Shimei 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 [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.H8096H1121H1617H1145H980H7043H4834H7045H3117H3212H4266H3381H7125H3383H7650H3068H559H4191H2719 9So do not hold him guiltless; for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him. His hoary head bring down to the grave with blood.H5352H2450H376H3045H6213H7872H3381H7585H1818 10So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.H1732H7901H1H6912H5892H1732 11David reigned over Israel forty years--seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.H3117H1732H4427H3478H705H8141H7651H8141H4427H2275H7970H7969H8141H4427H3389 12Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.H3427H8010H3678H1732H1H4438H3559H3966 13Adonijah, the son of [David and] Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. She said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.H138H1121H2294H935H1339H517H8010H559H935H7965H559H7965 14He said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.H559H1697H559H1696 15He said, You know that the kingdom belonged to me [as the eldest living son], and all Israel looked to me to reign. However, the kingdom has passed from me to my brother; for it was his from the Lord.H559H3045H4410H3478H7760H6440H4427H4410H5437H251H3068 16Now I make one request of you; do not deny me. And she said, Say on.H7592H259H7596H7725H6440H559H1696 17He said, I pray you, ask King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife.H559H559H8010H4428H7725H6440H7725H5414H49H7767H802 18And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.H1339H559H2896H1696H4428 19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set at his right hand for her, the king's mother.H1339H935H4428H8010H1696H138H4428H6965H7125H7812H3427H3678H3678H7760H4428H517H3427H3225 20Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you.H559H7592H259H6996H7596H7725H6440H7725H4428H559H7592H517H7725H6440H7725 21She said, Give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah your brother to be his wife.H559H49H7767H5414H138H251H802 22King Solomon answered his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also--for he is my elder brother--[ask it] even for him and for [his supporters] Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah.H4428H8010H6030H559H517H7592H49H7767H138H7592H4410H1419H251H54H3548H3097H1121H6870 23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not requested this against his own life.H4428H8010H7650H3068H559H430H6213H3254H138H1696H1697H5315 24Therefore, as the Lord lives, Who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and Who has made me a house as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.H3068H2416H3559H3427H3678H1732H1H6213H1004H1696H138H4191H3117 25So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who attacked [Adonijah] and he died.H4428H8010H7971H3027H1141H1121H3077H6293H4191 26And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Get to Anathoth to your own estate; for you deserve death, but I will not put you to death now, because you bore the ark of the Lord God before my father David and were afflicted in all my father endured.H54H3548H559H4428H3212H6068H7704H376H4194H3117H4191H5375H727H136H3069H6440H1732H1H6031H1H6031 27So Solomon expelled Abiathar [descendant of Eli] from being priest to the Lord, fulfilling the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.H8010H1644H54H3548H3068H4390H1697H3068H1696H1004H5941H7887 28When the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah though he had not followed Absalom, [he] fled to the tent (tabernacle) of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar [before it].H8052H935H3097H3097H5186H310H138H5186H310H53H3097H5127H168H3068H2388H7161H4196 29King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was at the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.H5046H4428H8010H3097H5127H168H3068H681H4196H8010H7971H1141H1121H3077H559H3212H6293 30So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and told Joab, The king commands, Come forth. But Joab said, No, I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the king word again, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.H1141H935H168H3068H559H559H4428H3318H559H4191H1141H7725H4428H1697H7725H559H1696H3097H6030 31The king said to him, Do as he has said. Strike him down and bury him, that you may take away from [me and from] my father's house the innocent blood which Joab shed.H4428H559H6213H1696H6293H6912H5493H2600H1818H3097H8210H1004H1 32The Lord shall return his bloody deeds upon his own head, for he fell upon two men more [uncompromisingly] righteous and honorable than he and slew them with the sword, without my father knowing of it: Abner son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.H3068H7725H1818H7218H6293H8147H582H6662H2896H2026H2719H1H1732H3045H74H1121H5369H8269H6635H3478H6021H1121H3500H8269H6635H3063 33So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab and of his descendants forever. But upon David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the Lord forever.H1818H7725H7218H3097H7218H2233H5769H1732H2233H1004H3678H7965H5704H5769H3068 34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed Joab, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness.H1141H1121H3077H5927H6293H4191H6912H1004H4057 35The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab's place over the army and put Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.H4428H5414H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H3548H4428H5414H54 36The king sent for Shimei and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not leave there.H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H1129H1004H3389H3427H3318H575 37For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know with certainty that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head.H3117H3318H5674H5158H6939H3045H3045H4191H4191H1818H7218 38And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.H8096H559H4428H1697H2896H113H4428H1696H5650H6213H8096H3427H3389H7227H3117 39But after three years, two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, Behold, your [runaway] servants are in Gath.H7093H7969H8141H8147H5650H8096H1272H397H1121H4601H4428H1661H5046H8096H559H5650H1661 40So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to King Achish to seek his servants, and brought them from Gath.H8096H6965H2280H2543H3212H1661H397H1245H5650H8096H3212H935H5650H1661 41It was told Solomon that Shimei went from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.H5046H8010H8096H1980H3389H1661H7725 42And the king sent for Shimei and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, saying, Know with certainty, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, you shall surely die? And you said to me, I have heard your word. It is accepted.H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H7650H3068H5749H559H3045H3045H3117H3318H1980H575H4191H4191H559H1697H8085H2896 43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command with which I have charged you?H8104H7621H3068H4687H6680 44The king also said to Shimei, You are aware in your own heart of all the evil you did to my father David; so the Lord will return your evil upon your own head.H4428H559H8096H3045H7451H3824H3045H6213H1732H1H3068H7725H7451H7218 45But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.H4428H8010H1288H3678H1732H3559H6440H3068H5704H5769 46So the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who went out and struck down Shimei, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.H4428H6680H1141H1121H3077H3318H6293H4191H4467H3559H3027H8010


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