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David’s Charge to Solomon

2When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son.H3117H1732H7126H4191H6680H8010H1121H559 2"I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, show yourself a man,H1980H1870H776H2388H376 3and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,H8104H4931H3068H430H3212H1870H8104H2708H4687H4941H5715H3789H8451H4872H7919H6213H6437 4and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'H3068H6965H1697H1696H559H1121H8104H1870H3212H6440H571H3824H5315H3772H559H376H3678H3478 5"Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.H3045H3097H1121H6870H6213H6213H8147H8269H6635H3478H74H1121H5369H6021H1121H3500H2026H7760H1818H4421H7965H5414H1818H4421H2290H4975H5275H7272 6Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.H6213H2451H7872H3381H7585H7965 7"But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.H6213H2617H1121H1271H1569H398H7979H7126H1272H6440H53H251 8"And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: 'I will not put you to death by the sword.'H8096H1121H1617H1145H980H7043H4834H7045H3117H3212H4266H3381H7125H3383H7650H3068H559H4191H2719 9But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood."H5352H2450H376H3045H6213H7872H3381H7585H1818 10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.H1732H7901H1H6912H5892H1732 11He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.H3117H1732H4427H3478H705H8141H7651H8141H4427H2275H7970H7969H8141H4427H3389 12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.H3427H8010H3678H1732H1H4438H3559H3966

Solomon’s Throne Established

13Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. Bathsheba asked him, "Do you come peacefully?" He answered, "Yes, peacefully."H138H1121H2294H935H1339H517H8010H559H935H7965H559H7965 14Then he added, "I have something to say to you." "You may say it," she replied.H559H1697H559H1696 15"As you know," he said, "the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.H559H3045H4410H3478H7760H6440H4427H4410H5437H251H3068 16Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me." "You may make it," she said.H7592H259H7596H7725H6440H559H1696 17So he continued, "Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."H559H559H8010H4428H7725H6440H7725H5414H49H7767H802 18"Very well," Bathsheba replied, "I will speak to the king for you."H1339H559H2896H1696H4428 19When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king's mother, and she sat down at his right hand.H1339H935H4428H8010H1696H138H4428H6965H7125H7812H3427H3678H3678H7760H4428H517H3427H3225 20"I have one small request to make of you," she said. "Do not refuse me." The king replied, "Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you."H559H7592H259H6996H7596H7725H6440H7725H4428H559H7592H517H7725H6440H7725 21So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah."H559H49H7767H5414H138H251H802 22King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother—yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!"H4428H8010H6030H559H517H7592H49H7767H138H7592H4410H1419H251H54H3548H3097H1121H6870 23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!H4428H8010H7650H3068H559H430H6213H3254H138H1696H1697H5315 24And now, as surely as the LORD lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!"H3068H2416H3559H3427H3678H1732H1H6213H1004H1696H138H4191H3117 25So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.H4428H8010H7971H3027H1141H1121H3077H6293H4191 26To Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign LORD before my father David and shared all my father's hardships."H54H3548H559H4428H3212H6068H7704H376H4194H3117H4191H5375H727H136H3069H6440H1732H1H6031H1H6031 27So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD, fulfilling the word the LORD had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.H8010H1644H54H3548H3068H4390H1697H3068H1696H1004H5941H7887 28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.H8052H935H3097H3097H5186H310H138H5186H310H53H3097H5127H168H3068H2388H7161H4196 29King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, "Go, strike him down!"H5046H4428H8010H3097H5127H168H3068H681H4196H8010H7971H1141H1121H3077H559H3212H6293 30So Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, "The king says, 'Come out!'" But he answered, "No, I will die here." Benaiah reported to the king, "This is how Joab answered me."H1141H935H168H3068H559H559H4428H3318H559H4191H1141H7725H4428H1697H7725H559H1696H3097H6030 31Then the king commanded Benaiah, "Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my father's house of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed.H4428H559H6213H1696H6293H6912H5493H2600H1818H3097H8210H1004H1 32The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, because without the knowledge of my father David he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—were better men and more upright than he.H3068H7725H1818H7218H6293H8147H582H6662H2896H2026H2719H1H1732H3045H74H1121H5369H8269H6635H3478H6021H1121H3500H8269H6635H3063 33May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the LORD'S peace forever."H1818H7725H7218H3097H7218H2233H5769H1732H2233H1004H3678H7965H5704H5769H3068 34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on his own land in the desert.H1141H1121H3077H5927H6293H4191H6912H1004H4057 35The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab's position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.H4428H5414H1141H1121H3077H6635H6659H3548H4428H5414H54 36Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H1129H1004H3389H3427H3318H575 37The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head."H3117H3318H5674H5158H6939H3045H3045H4191H4191H1818H7218 38Shimei answered the king, "What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said." And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time.H8096H559H4428H1697H2896H113H4428H1696H5650H6213H8096H3427H3389H7227H3117 39But three years later, two of Shimei's slaves ran off to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, "Your slaves are in Gath."H7093H7969H8141H8147H5650H8096H1272H397H1121H4601H4428H1661H5046H8096H559H5650H1661 40At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. So Shimei went away and brought the slaves back from Gath.H8096H6965H2280H2543H3212H1661H397H1245H5650H8096H3212H935H5650H1661 41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,H5046H8010H8096H1980H3389H1661H7725 42the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, 'On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die'? At that time you said to me, 'What you say is good. I will obey.'H4428H7971H7121H8096H559H7650H3068H5749H559H3045H3045H3117H3318H1980H575H4191H4191H559H1697H8085H2896 43Why then did you not keep your oath to the LORD and obey the command I gave you?"H8104H7621H3068H4687H6680 44The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the wrong you did to my father David. Now the LORD will repay you for your wrongdoing.H4428H559H8096H3045H7451H3824H3045H6213H1732H1H3068H7725H7451H7218 45But King Solomon will be blessed, and David's throne will remain secure before the LORD forever."H4428H8010H1288H3678H1732H3559H6440H3068H5704H5769 46Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and killed him. The kingdom was now firmly established in Solomon's hands.H4428H6680H1141H1121H3077H3318H6293H4191H4467H3559H3027H8010


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