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1
As David's
time
to die
drew near,
he charged
Solomon
his son,
saying,
2
"I am going
the way
of all
the earth.
Be strong,
therefore, and show
yourself a man.
3
"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,
4
so
that the LORD
may carry
out His promise
which
He spoke
concerning
me, saying,
'
If
your
so
ns
are careful
of their way,
to walk
before
Me in truth
with all
their heart
and
with all
their
so
ul,
you shall not lack
a man
on the throne
of Israel.'
5
"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.
6
"So act
according to your wisdom,
and do not let his gray hair
go down
to Sheol
in peace.
7
"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.
8
"Behold,
there is with you Shimei
the son
of Gera
the Benjamite,
of Bahurim;
now it was he who
curse
d
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.'
9
"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."
10
Then David
slept
with his fathers
and was buried
in the city
of David.
11
The days
that David
reigned
over
Israel
were forty
years
:
seven
years
he
reigned
in Hebron
and thirty-three
years
he
reigned
in Jerusalem.
12
And Solomon
sat
on the throne
of David
his father,
and his kingdom
was firmly
established.
13
Now Adonijah
the son
of Haggith
came
to Bathsheba
the mother
of Solomon.
And she said,
"Do you come
peacefully?"
And he said,
"Peacefully."
14
Then he said,
"I have something
to say to you." And she said,
"Speak."
15
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.
16
"Now
I am making
one
request
of you; do not refuse
me." And she said
to him, "Speak."
17
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."
18
Bathsheba
said,
"Very well;
I will speak
to the king
for you."
19
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 right.
20
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."
21
So she said,
"Let Abishag
the Shunammite
be given
to Adonijah
your brother
as a wife."
22
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!"
23
Then King
Solomon
swore
by the LORD,
saying,
"May God
do
so
to me and more
al
so
,
if
A
do
nijah
has not spoken
this
word
against his own l
if
e.
24
"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."
25
So King
Solomon
sent
Benaiah
the son
of Jehoiada;
and he fell
upon him so that he died.
26
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."
27
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.
28
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.
29
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."
30
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."
31
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.
32
"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.
33
"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."
34
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.
35
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.
36
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.
37
"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."
38
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.
39
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."
40
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.
41
It was told
Solomon
that Shimei
had gone
from Jerusalem
to Gath,
and had returned.
42
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.'
43
"Why
then have you not kept
the oath
of the LORD,
and the command
which
I have laid
on you?"
44
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
sh
all
return
your evil
on your own head.
45
"But King
Solomon
shall be blessed,
and the throne
of David
shall be established
before
the LORD
forever."
46
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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