Verse 7
1 Kings 2:7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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But shew kindness to the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table: t for they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom thy brother.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֨י בַרְזִלַּ֤י הַ/גִּלְעָדִי֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה חֶ֔סֶד וְ/הָי֖וּ בְּ/אֹכְלֵ֣י שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑/ךָ כִּי כֵן֙ קָרְב֣וּ אֵלַ֔/י בְּ/בָרְחִ֕/י מִ/פְּנֵ֖י אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, do kindness, and they shall be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from the face of Absalom your brother.
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And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:
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I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage, and shew thyself a man.
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And keep the charge of the Lord thy God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, a...
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That the Lord may confirm his words, which he hath spoken of me, saying: If thy children shall take...
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Thou knowest also what Joab the son of Sarvia hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of th...
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.
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But shew kindness to the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table: t for they...
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Thou hast also with thee Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, who cursed me with a gr...
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Do not thou hold him guiltless. But thou art a wise man, and knowest what to do with him, and thou s...
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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty gears: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Je...
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And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
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And Adonias the son of Haggith came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy...
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And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:
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Thou knowest that the kingdom was nine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the ki...
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Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.
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And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag...
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And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
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Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, an...
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And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee, do not put me to confusion. And the king s...
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And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
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And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess for Adoni...
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Then king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: So and so may God (Elohim) do to me, and add more, if A...
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And now as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and placed me upon the throne of David my fathe...
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And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.
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And the king said also to Abiathar the priest: Go to Anathoth to thy lands, for indeed thou art wort...
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So Solomon cast out Abiathar, from being the priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be...
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And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon:...
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And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the alt...
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And Banaias came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him: Thus saith the king: Come forth. An...
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And the king said to him: Do as he hath said: and kill him, and bury him, and thou shalt remove the...
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And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men, just and better...
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And their blood shall return the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever. But to David...
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So Banaias the son of Joiada went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house...
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And the king appointed Banaias the son of Joiada in his room over the army, and Sadoc the priest he...
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The king also sent, and called for Semei, and said to him: Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwel...
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For on what day soever thou shalt go out, and shalt pass over the brook Cedron, know that thou shalt...
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And Semei said to the king: The saying is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant...
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And it came to pass after three years, that the servants of Semei ran away to Achis the son of Maach...
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And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Achis to Geth to seek his servants, and he brought...
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And it was told Solomon that Semei had gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and was come back.
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And sending he called for him, and said to him: Did I not protest to thee by the Lord, and tell thee...
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?
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And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou d...
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And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for...
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So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.
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