Verse 3
1 Kings 2:3
Literal Standard Version
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and you have kept the charge of your God (Elohim) YHWH, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, so that you do wisely in all that you do, and wherever you turn,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֞ אֶת מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָ לָ/לֶ֤כֶת בִּ/דְרָכָי/ו֙ לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר חֻקֹּתָ֤י/ו מִצְוֺתָי/ו֙ וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֣י/ו וְ/עֵדְוֺתָ֔י/ו כַּ/כָּת֖וּב בְּ/תוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֗יל אֵ֚ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְ/אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּפְנֶ֖ה שָֽׁם
English Translation
And you shall keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and in all to which you turn.
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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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10
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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12
And Solomon has sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom is established greatly,
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13
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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