Verse 23
1 Kings 2:23
Geneva Bible
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Then King Salomon sware by the Lord, saying, God (Elohim) doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשָּׁבַע֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה בַּֽ/יהוָ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה לִּ֤/י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְ/כֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י בְ/נַפְשׁ֔/וֹ דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֖ר הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
And King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "Thus may God do to me, and thus may He add, for Adonijah has spoken this word in my own life."
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Chapter 2 Context
1
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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23
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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