Verse 44
1 Kings 2:44
King James Version
44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל שִׁמְעִ֗י אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֨עְתָּ֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָדַע֙ לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ לְ/דָוִ֣ד אָבִ֑/י וְ/הֵשִׁ֧יב יְהוָ֛ה אֶת רָעָתְ/ךָ֖ בְּ/רֹאשֶֽׁ/ךָ
English Translation
And the king said to Shimei, "You know all the evil that your heart knows you did to David my father, and the Lord will return your evil upon your own head."
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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2
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
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3
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his...
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4
That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed...
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5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captai...
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6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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7
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy...
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8
And, behold,
thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me wit...
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9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou
art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do...
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10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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11
And the days that David reigned over Israel
were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and...
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12
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
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13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou...
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14
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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15
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and
that
all Israel set their faces on me, tha...
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16
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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17
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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18
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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19
Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to...
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20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee;
I pray thee,
say me not nay. And the king said...
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21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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22
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for...
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23
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God (Elohim) do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah ha...
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24
Now therefore,
as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my f...
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25
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou
ar...
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27
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the...
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28
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. A...
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29
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold,
he is...
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30
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth....
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31
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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32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and bett...
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33
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: bu...
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34
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his ow...
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35
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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36
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dw...
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37
For it shall be,
that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know...
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38
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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39
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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40
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei w...
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41
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD...
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43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, tha...
45
And king Solomon
shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for...
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46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died....
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