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David's
Charge to Solomon |
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| 1 Kings 2:1 |
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As David's time to die drew near, he charged
Solomon his son, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 2:2 |
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"I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong,
therefore, and show yourself a man. |
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| 1 Kings 2:3 |
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Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk
in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies,
according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all
that you do and wherever you turn, |
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| 1 Kings 2:4 |
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so that the LORD may carry out His promise which
He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk
before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not
lack a man on the throne of Israel.' |
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| 1 Kings 2:5 |
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"Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah
did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner
the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the
blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist,
and on his sandals on his feet. |
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| 1 Kings 2:6 |
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So act according to your wisdom, and do not
let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. |
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| 1 Kings 2:7 |
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But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the
Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted
me when I fled from Absalom your brother. |
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| 1 Kings 2:8 |
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Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of
Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse
on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore
to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' |
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| 1 Kings 2:9 |
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Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished,
for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you
will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." |
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Death
of David |
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| 1 Kings 2:10 |
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Then 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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The days that David reigned over Israel were
forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned
in Jerusalem. |
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| 1 Kings 2:12 |
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And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father,
and his kingdom was firmly established. |
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| 1 Kings 2:13 |
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Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba
the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" And he said, "Peacefully." |
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| 1 Kings 2:14 |
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Then he said, "I have something to say to you."
And she said, "Speak." |
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| 1 Kings 2:15 |
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So he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine
and that all Israel expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about
and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD. |
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| 1 Kings 2:16 |
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Now I am making one request of you; do not trefuse
me." And she said to him, "Speak." |
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| 1 Kings 2:17 |
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Then he said, "Please speak to Solomon the king,
for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." |
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| 1 Kings 2:18 |
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Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to
the king for you." |
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Adonijah
Executed |
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| 1 Kings 2:19 |
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So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to
him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on
his throne; then he had a throne set for the king's mother, and she sat on his
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| 1 Kings 2:20 |
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Then she said, "I am making one small request
of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will
not refuse you." |
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| 1 Kings 2:21 |
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So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be
given to Adonijah your brother as a wife." |
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| 1 Kings 2:22 |
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King Solomon answered and said to his mother,
"And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also
the kingdom-for he is my older brother-even for him, 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 swore by the LORD, saying,
"May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against
his own life. |
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| 1 Kings 2:24 |
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Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established
me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as
He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today." |
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| 1 Kings 2:25 |
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So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he fell upon him so that he died. |
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| 1 Kings 2:26 |
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Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go
to Anathoth to your own field, for you deserve to die; but I will not put you
to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father
David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted." |
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| 1 Kings 2:27 |
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So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest
to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning
the house of Eli in Shiloh. |
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Joab
Executed |
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| 1 Kings 2:28 |
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Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed
Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the
LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. |
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| 1 Kings 2:29 |
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It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled
to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside 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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So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and
said to him, "Thus the king has said, 'Come out.'" But he said, "No, for I will
die here." And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus spoke Joab,
and thus he answered me." |
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| 1 Kings 2:31 |
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The king said to him, "Do as he has spoken and
fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father's house
the blood which Joab shed without cause. |
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| 1 Kings 2:32 |
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The LORD will return his blood on his own head,
because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them
with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander
of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. |
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| 1 Kings 2:33 |
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So shall their blood return on the head of Joab
and on the head of his descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and
his house and his throne, may there be peace from the LORD forever." |
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| 1 Kings 2:34 |
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Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and
fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the
wilderness. |
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| 1 Kings 2:35 |
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The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place
of Abiathar. |
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Shimei
Executed |
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| 1 Kings 2:36 |
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Now the king sent and called for Shimei and
said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not
go out from there to any place. |
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| 1 Kings 2:37 |
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For on the day you go out and cross over the
brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood
shall be on your own head." |
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| 1 Kings 2:38 |
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Shimei then said to the king, "The word is good.
As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem
many days. |
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| 1 Kings 2:39 |
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But it came about at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath.
And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath." |
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| 1 Kings 2:40 |
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Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and
went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his
servants from Gath. |
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| 1 Kings 2:41 |
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It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned. |
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| 1 Kings 2:42 |
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So the king sent and called for Shimei and said
to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnly warn you, saying, 'You
will know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere, you shall surely
die'? And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' |
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| 1 Kings 2:43 |
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Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD,
and the command which I have laid on you?" |
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| 1 Kings 2:44 |
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The king also said to Shimei, "You know all
the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David;
therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. |
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| 1 Kings 2:45 |
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But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne
of David shall be established before the LORD forever." |
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| 1 Kings 2:46 |
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and he went out and fell upon him so that he died. Thus the kingdom was established
in the hands of Solomon. |
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