1
H3117
Now the days
H1732
of David
H7126 [H8799]
drew near
H4191 [H8800]
that he should die;
H6680 [H8762]
and he charged
H8010
Solomon
H1121
his son,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
2
H1980 [H8802]
I go
H1870
the way
H776
of all the earth:
H2388 [H8804]
be thou strong
H376
therefore, and show thyself a man;
3
H8104 [H8804]
And keep
H4931
the charge
H3068
of the LORD
H430
thy God,
H3212 [H8800]
to walk
H1870
in his ways,
H8104 [H8800]
to keep
H2708
his statutes,
H4687
and his commandments,
H4941
and his judgments,
H5715
and his testimonies,
H3789 [H8803]
as it is written
H8451
in the law
H4872
of Moses,
H7919 [H8686]
that thou mayest prosper
H6213 [H8799]
in all that thou doest,
H6437 [H8799]
and wherever thou turnest thyself:
4
H3068
That the LORD
H6965 [H8686]
may raise
H1697
his word
H1696 [H8765]
which he spoke
H559 [H8800]
concerning me, saying,
H1121
If thy sons
H8104 [H8799]
take heed
H1870
to their way,
H3212 [H8800]
to walk
H6440
at the face of
H571
me in truth
H3824
with all their heart
H5315
and with all their breath,
H3772 [H8735]
there shall not be cut off
H559 [H8800]
to thee (said
H376
he) a man
H3678
from upon the throne
H3478
of Israel.
5
H3045 [H8804]
Moreover thou knowest
H3097
also what Joab
H1121
the son
H6870
of Zeruiah
H6213 [H8804]
did
H6213 [H8804]
to me, and what he did
H8147
to the two
H8269
captains
H6635
of the armies
H3478
of Israel,
H74
to Abner
H1121
the son
H5369
of Ner,
H6021
and to Amasa
H1121
the son
H3500
of Jether,
H2026 [H8799]
whom he slew,
H7760 [H8799]
and shed
H1818
the blood
H4421
of war
H7965
in peace,
H5414 [H8799]
and put
H1818
the blood
H4421
of war
H2290
upon his belt
H4975
that was about his loins,
H5275
and in his shoes
H7272
that were on his feet.
6
H6213 [H8804]
Do
H2451
therefore according to thy wisdom,
H7872
and let not his gray head
H3381 [H8686]
go down
H7585
to the grave
H7965
in peace.
7
H6213 [H8799]
But show
H2617
mercy
H1121
to the sons
H1271
of Barzillai
H1569
the Gileadite,
H398 [H8802]
and let them be of those that eat
H7979
at thy table:
H7126 [H8804]
for so they came
H1272 [H8800]
to me when I fled
H6440
because
H53
of Absalom
H251
thy brother.
8
H8096
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei
H1121
the son
H1617
of Gera,
H1145
a Benjamite
H980
of Bahurim,
H7043 [H8765]
who cursed
H4834 [H8737]
me with a grievous
H7045
curse
H3117
in the day
H3212 [H8800]
when I went
H4266
to Mahanaim:
H3381 [H8804]
but he came down
H7125 [H8800]
to meet
H3383
me at Jordan,
H7650 [H8735]
and I swore
H3068
to him by the LORD,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H4191 [H8686]
I will not put thee to death
H2719
with the sword.
9
H5352 [H8762]
Now therefore hold him not guiltless:
H2450
for thou art a wise
H376
man,
H3045 [H8804]
and knowest
H6213 [H8799]
what thou oughtest to do
H7872
to him; but his gray head
H3381 [H8689]
do thou bring down
H7585
to the grave
H1818
with blood.
10
H1732
So David
H7901 [H8799]
slept
H1
with his fathers,
H6912 [H8735]
and was buried
H5892
in the city
H1732
of David.
11
H3117
And the days
H1732
that David
H4427 [H8804]
reigned
H3478
over Israel
H705
were forty
H8141
years:
H7651
seven
H8141
years
H4427 [H8804]
reigned
H2275
he in Hebron,
H7970
and thirty
H7969
and three
H8141
years
H4427 [H8804]
reigned
H3389
he in Jerusalem.
12
H8010
Then Solomon
H3427 [H8804]
was seated
H3678
upon the throne
H1732
of David
H1
his father;
H4438
and his kingdom
H3559 [H8735]
was established
H3966
greatly.
13
H138
And Adonijah
H1121
the son
H2294
of Haggith
H935 [H8799]
came
H1339
to Bathsheba
H517
the mother
H8010
of Solomon.
H559 [H8799]
And she said,
H935 [H8800]
Comest
H7965
thou peaceably?
H559 [H8799]
And he said,
H7965
Peaceably.
14
H559 [H8799]
He said
H1697
moreover, I have somewhat to say
H559 [H8799]
to thee. And she said,
H1696 [H8761]
Say on.
15
H559 [H8799]
And he said,
H3045 [H8804]
Thou knowest
H4410
that the kingdom
H3478
was mine, and that all Israel
H7760 [H8804]
set
H6440
their faces
H4427 [H8800]
on me, that I should reign:
H4410
but the kingdom
H5437 [H8735]
is turned about,
H251
and hath become my brother's:
H3068
for it was his from the LORD.
16
H7592 [H8802]
And now I ask
H259
one
H7596
petition
H7725 [H8686]
of thee, deny
H6440
me
H559 [H8799]
not. And she said
H1696 [H8761]
to him, Say on.
17
H559 [H8799]
And he said,
H559 [H8798]
Speak,
H8010
I pray thee, to Solomon
H4428
the king,
H7725 0
(for he will not say
H6440
to thee
H7725 [H8686]
no,
H5414 [H8799]
) that he give
H49
me Abishag
H7767
the Shunammite
H802
for a wife.
18
H1339
And Bathsheba
H559 [H8799]
said,
H2896
Well;
H1696 [H8762]
I will speak
H4428
for thee to the king.
19
H1339
Bathsheba
H935 [H8799]
therefore went
H4428
to king
H8010
Solomon,
H1696 [H8763]
to speak
H138
to him for Adonijah.
H4428
And the king
H6965 [H8799]
rose up
H7125 [H8800]
to meet
H7812 [H8691]
her, and bowed
H3427 [H8799]
himself to her, and sat down
H3678
on his throne,
H3678
and caused a seat
H7760 [H8799]
to be set
H4428
for the king's
H517
mother;
H3427 [H8799]
and she sat
H3225
on his right hand.
20
H559 [H8799]
Then she said,
H7592 [H8802]
I desire
H259
one
H6996
small
H7596
petition
H7725 0
of thee; I pray thee, deny
H6440
me
H7725 [H8686]
not.
H4428
And the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H7592 [H8798]
to her, Ask on,
H517
my mother:
H7725 [H8686]
for I will not deny
H6440
thee.
21
H559 [H8799]
And she said,
H49
Let Abishag
H7767
the Shunammite
H5414 [H8714]
be given
H138
to Adonijah
H251
thy brother
H802
for a wife.
22
H4428
And king
H8010
Solomon
H6030 [H8799]
answered
H559 [H8799]
and said
H517
to his mother,
H7592 [H8802]
And why dost thou ask
H49
Abishag
H7767
the Shunammite
H138
for Adonijah?
H7592 [H8798]
ask
H4410
for him the kingdom
H1419
also; for he is my elder
H251
brother;
H54
even for him, and for Abiathar
H3548
the priest,
H3097
and for Joab
H1121
the son
H6870
of Zeruiah.
23
H4428
Then king
H8010
Solomon
H7650 [H8735]
swore
H3068
by the LORD,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H430
God
H6213 [H8799]
do
H3254 [H8686]
so to me, and more also,
H138
if Adonijah
H1696 [H8765]
hath not spoken
H1697
this word
H5315
against his own life.
24
H3068
Now therefore, as the LORD
H2416
liveth,
H3559 [H8689]
who hath established
H3427 [H8686]
me, and set
H3678
me on the throne
H1732
of David
H1
my father,
H6213 [H8804]
and who hath made
H1004
me an house,
H1696 [H8765]
as he promised,
H138
Adonijah
H4191 [H8714]
shall be put to death
H3117
this day.
25
H4428
And king
H8010
Solomon
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H3027
by the hand
H1141
of Benaiah
H1121
the son
H3077
of Jehoiada;
H6293 [H8799]
and he fell
H4191 [H8799]
upon him that he died.
26
H54
And to Abiathar
H3548
the priest
H559 [H8804]
said
H4428
the king,
H3212 [H8798]
Depart
H6068
to Anathoth,
H7704
to thy own fields;
H376
for thou art worthy
H4194
of death:
H3117
but I will not at this time
H4191 [H8686]
put thee to death,
H5375 [H8804]
because thou didst bear
H727
the ark
H136
of the Sovereign
H3069
LORD
H6440
at the face of
H1732
David
H1
my father,
H6031 [H8694]
and because thou hast been afflicted
H1
in all in which my father
H6031 [H8694]
was afflicted.
27
H8010
So Solomon
H1644 [H8762]
drove out
H54
Abiathar
H3548
from being priest
H3068
to the LORD;
H4390 [H8763]
that he might fulfil
H1697
the word
H3068
of the LORD,
H1696 [H8765]
which he spoke
H1004
concerning the house
H5941
of Eli
H7887
in Shiloh.
28
H8052
Then tidings
H935 [H8804]
came
H3097
to Joab:
H3097
for Joab
H5186 [H8804]
had turned
H310
after
H138
Adonijah,
H5186 [H8804]
though he turned
H310
not after
H53
Absalom.
H3097
And Joab
H5127 [H8799]
fled
H168
to the tent
H3068
of the LORD,
H2388 [H8686]
and caught hold
H7161
on the horns
H4196
of the altar.
29
H5046 [H8714]
And it was told
H4428
to king
H8010
Solomon
H3097
that Joab
H5127 [H8804]
had fled
H168
to the tent
H3068
of the LORD;
H681
and, behold, he is by
H4196
the altar.
H8010
Then Solomon
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H1141
Benaiah
H1121
the son
H3077
of Jehoiada,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H3212 [H8798]
Go,
H6293 [H8798]
fall upon him.
30
H1141
And Benaiah
H935 [H8799]
came
H168
to the tent
H3068
of the LORD,
H559 [H8799]
and said
H559 [H8804]
to him, Thus saith
H4428
the king,
H3318 [H8798]
Come forth.
H559 [H8799]
And he said,
H4191 [H8799]
Nay; but I will die
H1141
here. And Benaiah
H7725 0
brought
H4428
the king
H1697
word
H7725 [H8686]
again,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H1696 [H8765]
Thus said
H3097
Joab,
H6030 [H8804]
and thus he answered me.
31
H4428
And the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H6213 [H8798]
to him, Do
H1696 [H8765]
as he hath said,
H6293 [H8798]
and fall
H6912 [H8804]
upon him, and bury
H5493 [H8689]
him; that thou mayest take away
H2600
the innocent
H1818
blood,
H3097
which Joab
H8210 [H8804]
shed,
H1004
from me, and from the house
H1
of my father.
32
H3068
And the LORD
H7725 [H8689]
shall return
H1818
his blood
H7218
upon his own head,
H6293 [H8804]
who fell
H8147
upon two
H582
men
H6662
more righteous
H2896
and better
H2026 [H8799]
than he, and slew
H2719
them with the sword,
H1
my father
H1732
David
H3045 [H8804]
not knowing
H74
of it, that is, Abner
H1121
the son
H5369
of Ner,
H8269
captain
H6635
of the host
H3478
of Israel,
H6021
and Amasa
H1121
the son
H3500
of Jether,
H8269
captain
H6635
of the host
H3063
of Judah.
33
H1818
Their blood
H7725 [H8804]
shall therefore return
H7218
upon the head
H3097
of Joab,
H7218
and upon the head
H2233
of his seed
H5769
to the age:
H1732
but upon David,
H2233
and upon his seed,
H1004
and upon his house,
H3678
and upon his throne,
H7965
shall there be peace
H5704
for
H5769
ever
H3068
from the LORD.
34
H1141
So Benaiah
H1121
the son
H3077
of Jehoiada
H5927 [H8799]
went,
H6293 [H8799]
and fell
H4191 [H8686]
upon him, and slew
H6912 [H8735]
him: and he was buried
H1004
in his own house
H4057
in the wilderness.
35
H4428
And the king
H5414 [H8799]
put
H1141
Benaiah
H1121
the son
H3077
of Jehoiada
H6635
in his stead over the army:
H6659
and Zadok
H3548
the priest
H4428
the king
H5414 [H8804]
put
H54
in the stead of Abiathar.
36
H4428
And the king
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H7121 [H8799]
and called
H8096
for Shimei,
H559 [H8799]
and said
H1129 [H8798]
to him, Build
H1004
thee an house
H3389
in Jerusalem,
H3427 [H8804]
and dwell
H3318 [H8799]
there, and go not forth
H575
from there to any place whatever.
37
H3117
For it shall be, that on the day
H3318 [H8800]
thou shalt go out,
H5674 [H8804]
and pass over
H5158
the brook
H6939
Kidron,
H3045 [H8799]
thou shalt know
H3045 [H8800]
for certain
H4191 [H8800]
that thou shalt surely
H4191 [H8799]
die:
H1818
thy blood
H7218
shall be upon thy own head.
38
H8096
And Shimei
H559 [H8799]
said
H4428
to the king,
H1697
The saying
H2896
is good:
H113
as my sovereign
H4428
the king
H1696 [H8765]
hath said,
H5650
so will thy servant
H6213 [H8799]
do.
H8096
And Shimei
H3427 [H8799]
dwelt
H3389
in Jerusalem
H7227
many
H3117
days.
39
H7093
And it came to pass at the end
H7969
of three
H8141
years,
H8147
that two
H5650
of the servants
H8096
of Shimei
H1272 [H8799]
ran away
H397
to Achish
H1121
son
H4601
of Maachah
H4428
king
H1661
of Gath.
H5046 [H8686]
And they told
H8096
Shimei,
H559 [H8800]
saying,
H5650
Behold, thy servants
H1661
are in Gath.
40
H8096
And Shimei
H6965 [H8799]
arose,
H2280 [H8799]
and saddled
H2543
his donkey,
H3212 [H8799]
and went
H1661
to Gath
H397
to Achish
H1245 [H8763]
to seek
H5650
his servants:
H8096
and Shimei
H3212 [H8799]
went,
H935 [H8686]
and brought
H5650
his servants
H1661
from Gath.
41
H5046 [H8714]
And it was told
H8010
to Solomon
H8096
that Shimei
H1980 [H8804]
had gone
H3389
from Jerusalem
H1661
to Gath,
H7725 [H8799]
and had returned.
42
H4428
And the king
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H7121 [H8799]
and called
H8096
for Shimei,
H559 [H8799]
and said
H7650 [H8689]
to him, Did I not make thee to swear
H3068
by the LORD,
H5749 [H8686]
and protest
H559 [H8800]
to thee, saying,
H3045 [H8799]
Know
H3045 [H8800]
for a certain,
H3117
on the day
H3318 [H8800]
thou goest out,
H1980 [H8804]
and walkest
H575
any where abroad,
H4191 [H8800]
that thou shalt surely
H4191 [H8799]
die?
H559 [H8799]
and thou saidst
H1697
to me, The word
H8085 [H8804]
that I have heard
H2896
is good.
43
H8104 [H8804]
Why then hast thou not kept
H7621
the oath
H3068
of the LORD,
H4687
and the commandment
H6680 [H8765]
that I have charged thee with?
44
H4428
The king
H559 [H8799]
said
H8096
moreover to Shimei,
H3045 [H8804]
Thou knowest
H7451
all the evil
H3824
which thy heart
H3045 [H8804]
is aware of,
H6213 [H8804]
that thou didst
H1732
to David
H1
my father:
H3068
therefore the LORD
H7725 [H8689]
shall return
H7451
thy evil
H7218
upon thy own head;