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| 1 Kings 2:1 |
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Now the days of David drew nigh that he should
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| 1 Kings 2:2 |
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I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong
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| 1 Kings 2:3 |
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And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper
in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: |
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| 1 Kings 2:4 |
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That the LORD may continue his word which he
spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before
me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail
thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. |
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| 1 Kings 2:5 |
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Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son
of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel,
unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and
shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that
was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. |
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| 1 Kings 2:6 |
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. |
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| 1 Kings 2:7 |
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But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came
to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. |
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| 1 Kings 2:8 |
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And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the
son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in
the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. |
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| 1 Kings 2:9 |
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Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou
art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head
bring thou down to the grave with blood. |
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| 1 Kings 2:10 |
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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the city of David. |
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| 1 Kings 2:11 |
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And the days that David reigned over Israel
were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem. |
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| 1 Kings 2:12 |
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Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly. |
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| 1 Kings 2:13 |
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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba
the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. |
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| 1 Kings 2:14 |
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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said, Say on. |
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| 1 Kings 2:15 |
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And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit
the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the
LORD. |
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| 1 Kings 2:16 |
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me
not. And she said unto him, Say on. |
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| 1 Kings 2:17 |
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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon
the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite
to wife. |
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| 1 Kings 2:18 |
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And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee
unto the king. |
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| 1 Kings 2:19 |
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Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon,
to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself
unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's
mother; and she sat on his right hand. |
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| 1 Kings 2:20 |
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Then she said, I desire one small petition of
thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother:
for I will not say thee nay. |
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| 1 Kings 2:21 |
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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. |
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| 1 Kings 2:22 |
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And king Solomon answered and said unto his
mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him
the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar
the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. |
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| 1 Kings 2:23 |
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Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against
his own life. |
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Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath
established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made
me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. |
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| 1 Kings 2:25 |
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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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| 1 Kings 2:26 |
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And unto Abiathar the priest said the king,
Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but
I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the
Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein
my father was afflicted. |
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| 1 Kings 2:27 |
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So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest
unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning
the house of Eli in Shiloh. |
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| 1 Kings 2:28 |
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned
after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle
of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. |
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| 1 Kings 2:29 |
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And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled
unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon
sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. |
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| 1 Kings 2:30 |
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And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD,
and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will
die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and
thus he answered me. |
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| 1 Kings 2:31 |
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And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said,
and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,
which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. |
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| 1 Kings 2:32 |
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And the LORD shall return his blood upon his
own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them
with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of
Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the
host of Judah. |
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| 1 Kings 2:33 |
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Their blood shall therefore return upon the
head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon
his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever
from the LORD. |
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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and
fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. |
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| 1 Kings 2:35 |
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And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar. |
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| 1 Kings 2:36 |
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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth
thence any whither. |
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| 1 Kings 2:37 |
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For it shall be, that on the day thou goest
out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou
shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. |
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| 1 Kings 2:38 |
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt
in Jerusalem many days. |
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| 1 Kings 2:39 |
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And it came to pass at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. |
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And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went
to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants
from Gath. |
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| 1 Kings 2:41 |
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And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone
from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. |
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| 1 Kings 2:42 |
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And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any
whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I
have heard is good. |
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| 1 Kings 2:43 |
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? |
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| 1 Kings 2:44 |
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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; |
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| 1 Kings 2:45 |
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And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne
of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. |
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| 1 Kings 2:46 |
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established
in the hand of Solomon. |
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