Verse 38
1 Kings 2:38
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְעִ֤י לַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ט֣וֹב הַ/דָּבָ֔ר כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָ וַ/יֵּ֧שֶׁב שִׁמְעִ֛י בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים
English Translation
And Shimei said to the king, "Good is the word as my lord the king has spoken; so shall your servant do." And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
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Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
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and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his...
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that Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed...
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Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two cap...
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
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But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy...
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And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, of Bahurim, who cursed me w...
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Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest...
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And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and...
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And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
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Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou...
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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that...
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And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give...
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And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to...
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Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my...
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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for...
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Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God (Elohim) do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hat...
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Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my fathe...
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And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
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And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou ar...
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So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfill the word of Jeh...
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And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom...
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And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar...
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And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he...
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And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest ta...
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And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and...
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So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever: but unto D...
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Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his...
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And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the...
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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwe...
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For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou sh...
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servan...
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And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achi...
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And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei...
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And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and pr...
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that...
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But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah forev...
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he di...
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