Verse 8
1 Kings 2:8
Geneva Bible
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And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה עִ֠מְּ/ךָ שִֽׁמְעִ֨י בֶן גֵּרָ֥א בֶן הַ/יְמִינִי֮ מִ/בַּחֻרִים֒ וְ/ה֤וּא קִֽלְלַ֨/נִי֙ קְלָלָ֣ה נִמְרֶ֔צֶת בְּ/י֖וֹם לֶכְתִּ֣/י מַחֲנָ֑יִם וְ/הֽוּא יָרַ֤ד לִ/קְרָאתִ/י֙ הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ן וָ/אֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע ל֤/וֹ בַֽ/יהוָה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אִם אֲמִֽיתְ/ךָ֖ בֶּ/חָֽרֶב
English Translation
And behold, with you is Shimei the son of Gera, the son of the Benjaminite, from the chosen ones, and he cursed me with a bitter curse on the day I went out to Mahanaim, and he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, "If I put you to death with the sword..."
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Chapter 2 Context
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Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,
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I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man,
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And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God (Elohim), to walke in his wayes, and keepe his stat...
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That the Lord may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to th...
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Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of...
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Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in pea...
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But shew kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eate at...
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And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed me...
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But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do...
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So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.
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And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebro...
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Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.
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And Adonijah the sonne of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon: and she saide, Commest t...
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He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. And she sayd, Say on.
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Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, th...
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Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.
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And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue...
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And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.
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Bath-sheba therefore went vnto King Salomon, to speake vnto him for Adonijah: and the King rose to m...
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Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske...
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She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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But King Salomon answered and sayd vnto his mother, And why doest thou aske Abishag the Shunammite f...
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Then King Salomon sware by the Lord, saying, God (Elohim) doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah ha...
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Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of Dauid my fathe...
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And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.
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Then the King sayd vnto Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine owne fieldes: for thou art wo...
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So Salomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfill the wordes of th...
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Then tidings came to Ioab: (for Ioab had turned after Adoniiah, but he turned not after Absalom) and...
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And it was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and beholde, he i...
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And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out. An...
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And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, and smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take...
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And the Lord shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and bette...
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Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: bu...
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So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote him, and slewe him, and he was buryed in his own...
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And the King put Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roume ouer the hoste: and the King set Zadok t...
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Afterwarde the King sent, and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem,...
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For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou s...
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And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant...
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And after three yeres two of the seruants of Shimei fled away vnto Achish sonne of Maachah King of G...
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And Shimei arose, and sadled his asse, and went to Gath to Achish, to seeke his seruantes: and Shime...
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And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.
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And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lord,...
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Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lord, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?
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The King sayde also to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that...
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And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lord for euer.
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So the King comanded Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada: who went out and smote him that he dyed. And the...
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