Verse 1
1 Kings 2:1
Literal Standard Version
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And the days of David to die draw near, and he charges his son Solomon, saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרְב֥וּ יְמֵֽי דָוִ֖ד לָ/מ֑וּת וַ/יְצַ֛ו אֶת שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנ֖/וֹ לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And the days of David drew near to death, and he commanded Solomon his son, saying...
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Chapter 2 Context
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And the days of David to die draw near, and he charges his son Solomon, saying,
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“I am going in the way of all the earth, and you have been strong, and become a man,
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and you have kept the charge of your God (Elohim) YHWH, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, H...
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so that YHWH establishes His word which He spoke to me, saying, If your sons observe their way to wa...
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And also, you have known that which he did to me—Joab son of Zeruiah—that which he did to two heads...
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and you have done according to your wisdom, and do not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
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And you do kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they have been among those eating at...
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And behold, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, is with you, and he reviled me—a grievous...
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and now, do not acquit him, for you are a wise man, and you have known that which you do to him, and...
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And David lies down with his fathers, and is buried in the City of David,
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and the days that David has reigned over Israel are forty years; he has reigned seven years in Hebro...
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And Solomon has sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom is established greatly,
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and Adonijah son of Haggith comes to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, and she says, “Is your coming pea...
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And he says, “I have a word for you,” and she says, “Speak.”
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And he says, “You have known that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me...
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and now, I am asking one petition of you—do not turn back my face”; and she says to him, “Speak.”
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And he says, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he does not turn back your face, and he gives Ab...
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And Bathsheba says, “Good; I speak to the king for you.”
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And Bathsheba comes to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king rises to meet her, an...
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And she says, “I ask one small petition of you, do not turn back my face”; and the king says to her,...
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And she says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife.”
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And King Solomon answers and says to his mother, “And why are you asking for Abishag the Shunammite...
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And King Solomon swears by YHWH, saying, “Thus God (Elohim) does to me, and thus He adds—surely Adon...
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and now, YHWH lives, who has established me, and causes me to sit on the throne of my father David,...
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And King Solomon sends by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falls on him, and he dies.
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And the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for you are a man of deat...
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And Solomon casts out Abiathar from being priest of YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH which He spoke...
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And the report has come to Joab—for Joab has turned aside after Adonijah, though he did not turn asi...
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And it is declared to King Solomon that Joab has fled to the tent of YHWH, and behold, is near the a...
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And Benaiah comes into the tent of YHWH and says to him, “Thus said the king: Come out”; and he says...
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And the king says to him, “Do as he has spoken, and fall on him, and you have buried him, and turned...
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and YHWH has turned back his blood on his own head, on him who has fallen on two men more righteous...
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indeed, their blood has turned back on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for all time; a...
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And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goes up and falls on him, and puts him to death, and he is buried in his...
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and the king puts Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the host in his stead, and the king has put Zadok the...
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And the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem,...
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and it has been, in the day of your going out, and you have passed over the Brook of Kidron, you cer...
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And Shimei says to the king, “The word is good; as my lord the king has spoken so your servant does”...
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And it comes to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei flee to Achish s...
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and Shimei rises, and saddles his donkey, and goes to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants, and Shi...
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And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei has gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and returns,
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and the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Have I not caused you to swear by YHWH—an...
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And why have you not kept the oath of YHWH, and the charge that I charged on you?”
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And the king says to Shimei, “You have known all the evil that your heart has known, which you did t...
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and King Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David is established before YHWH for all time.”
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And the king charges Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goes out and falls on him, and he dies, and the...
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