Verse 15
1 Kings 2:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel
set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s;
for it was his from the LORD.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אַ֤תְּ יָדַ֨עַתְּ֙ כִּי לִ/י֙ הָיְתָ֣ה הַ/מְּלוּכָ֔ה וְ/עָלַ֞/י שָׂ֧מוּ כָֽל יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל פְּנֵי/הֶ֖ם לִ/מְלֹ֑ךְ וַ/תִּסֹּ֤ב הַ/מְּלוּכָה֙ וַ/תְּהִ֣י לְ/אָחִ֔/י כִּ֥י מֵ/יְהוָ֖ה הָ֥יְתָה לּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel set their faces toward me to reign, but the kingdom turned and became my brother's, for it was from the Lord."
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon
his son, saying,
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2
“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show
yourself a man;
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3
and keep the instruction of the LORD your God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, to
keep his statutes, h...
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4
Then the LORD may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying,
‘If your children are car...
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5
“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
even what he did to the two captains...
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6
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his grey head go
down to Sheol in peace.
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7
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them
be amongst those who eat at y...
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8
“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite
of Bahurim, who cursed me with a gr...
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9
Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you
will know what you ought to...
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10
David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
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11
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned
seven years in Hebron, and he r...
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12
Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly
established.
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13
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother
of Solomon. She said, “Do you come pea...
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14
He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
She said, “Say on.”
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15
He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel
set their faces on me, that I shou...
16
Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.”
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17
He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell
you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag...
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18
Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.”
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19
Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for
Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her...
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20
Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.”
The king said to her, “Ask on, my m...
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21
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your
brother as wife.”
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22
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the
Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him t...
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23
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God (Elohim) do so to me, and more
also, if Adonijah h...
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24
Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on
my father David’s throne, and...
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25
King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on
him, so that he died.
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26
To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields,
for you are worthy of dea...
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27
So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to the LORD, that he
might fulfil the LORD’s word w...
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28
This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although
he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled...
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29
King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to the LORD’s Tent; and behold,
he is by the altar.” Then Solo...
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30
Benaiah came to the LORD’s Tent, and said to him, “The king says,
‘Come out!’”
He said, “No; but I w...
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31
The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and
bury him, that you may take away the...
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32
The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two
men more righteous and better...
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33
So their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his
offspring forever. But for Dav...
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34
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and
killed him; and he was buried in his o...
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35
The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army;
and the king put Zadok the prie...
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36
The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build
yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live...
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37
For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain
that you will surely die....
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38
Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the
king has said, so will your servant d...
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39
At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to
Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. T...
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40
Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish
to seek his slaves; and Shimei went and...
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41
Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had
come again.
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42
The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t
I adjure you by the LORD and warn you,...
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43
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment
that I have instructed you with?...
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44
The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness
that you did to David m...
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45
But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established
before the LORD forever.”
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46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out,
and fell on him, so that he died...
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