New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Kings 2:23-25

23Then Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010sworeוַיִּשָּׁבַע֙vai.yi.sha.Va'H7650by the Lordבַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “May Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430doיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213soכֹּ֣הkohH3541to me and moreיוֹסִ֔יףyo.SifH3254alsoוְכֹ֣הve.KhohH3541,ifכִּ֣יkiH3588Adonijahאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ'a.Do.ni.Ya.huH138hasnot spokenדִּבֶּר֙di.BerH1696thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088wordהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697against his ownlifeבְנַפְשׁ֔וֹve.naf.ShoH5315.

24Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, as the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068livesחַי־chai-H2416,whoH834has establishedהֱכִינַ֗נִיhe.khi.Na.niH3559me and setוַיּֽוֹשִׁיבַ֙נִי֙vai.yo.shi.vi.niH3427me on the throneכִּסֵּא֙ki.Se'H3678of Davidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732my fatherאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1andwhoH834has madeעָֽשָׂה־'a.sah-H6213me a houseבַּ֖יִתBa.yitH1004as He promisedדִּבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696,surelyכִּ֣יkiH3588Adonijahאֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃'a.do.ni.Ya.huH138shall be putיוּמַ֖תyu.MatH4191to deathH4191todayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117.”

25So Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971Benaiahבְּנָיָ֣הוּbe.na.Ya.huH1141the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֑עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077;and he fellוַיִּפְגַּע־vai.yif.ga'-H6293upon him so that he diedוַיָּמֹֽת׃ סvai.ya.MotH4191.

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