1 Kings 2:37

1 Kings 2:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”

Context of 1 Kings 2:37

35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place. 36Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.” 38“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 39After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

1 Kings 2:37 word by word

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ בְּי֣וֹם צֵאתְךָ֗ וְעָֽבַרְתָּ֙ אֶת־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן יָדֹ֥עַ תֵּדַ֖ע כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת דָּמְךָ֖ יִהְיֶ֥ה בְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• On the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• you go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and crossעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the Kidronקִדְרוֹןqidrôn · KidronH6939
• Valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• know for sureיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
• you will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• your bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• on your own headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for 1 Kings 2:37

• 1 Kings 15:13He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Samuel 15:23Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
• 2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:16So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
• Jeremiah 31:40The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
• John 18:1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
• 1 Kings 2:31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
• Leviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Joshua 2:19If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
• 2 Samuel 1:16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
• Ezekiel 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 2:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Thy blood shall be upon thine own head - Thou knowest what to expect; if thou disobey my orders thou shalt certainly be slain, and then thou shalt be considered as a self-murderer; thou alone shalt be answerable for thy own death. Solomon knew that Shimei was a seditious man, and he chose to keep him under his own eye; for such a man at large, in favorable circumstances, might do much evil. His bitter revilings of David were a sufficient proof.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-46Verses 35-46 The old malignity remains in the unconverted heart, and a watchful eye should be kept on those who, like Shimei, have manifested their enmity, but have given no evidence of repentance. No engagements or dangers will restrain worldly men; they go on, though they forfeit their lives and souls. Let us remember, God will not accommodate his judgment to us. His eye is over us; and let us strive to walk as in his presence. Let our every act, word…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-38Shimei was confined so that he could not go to his relatives in Benjamin and cause problems for the king.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 2:37

• Cedron
• Government
• Homicide
• Kidron
• Punishment
• Shimei

In the dictionaries

• Curse
• Fail
• Gone
• Return
• Solomon
• Abishag
• Adonijah
• Certain; Certainly; Certainty
• Israel, History of
• Kidron, the Brook

Commentaries on 1 Kings 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings