1 Kings 2
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1 Kings 2:39-46

39But it cameH1961 about at the endH7093 of threeH7969 yearsH8141, that twoH8147 of the servantsH5650 of ShimeiH8096 ranH1272 awayH1272 1to AchishH397 sonH1121 of MaacahH4601, kingH4428 of GathH1661. And they toldH5046 ShimeiH8096, sayingH559, “BeholdH2009, your servantsH5650 are in GathH1661.” 40Then ShimeiH8096 aroseH6965 and saddledH2280 his donkeyH2543, and wentH1980 to GathH1661 to AchishH397 to lookH1245 for his servantsH5650. And ShimeiH8096 wentH1980 and broughtH935 his servantsH5650 from GathH1661. 41It was toldH5046 SolomonH8010 that ShimeiH8096 had goneH1980 from JerusalemH3389 to GathH1661, and had returnedH7725. 42So the kingH4428 sentH7971 and calledH7121 for ShimeiH8096 and saidH559 to him, “Did I not make you swearH7650 by the LordH3068 and solemnlyH5749 warnH5749 you, sayingH559, ‘You will knowH3045 for certainH3045 that on the dayH3117 you departH3318 and goH1980 anywhereH575, you shall surelyH4191 dieH4191’? And you saidH559 to me, ‘The wordH1697 which I have heardH8085 is goodH2896.’ 43WhyH4069 then have you not keptH8104 the oathH7621 of the LordH3068, and the commandH4687 whichH834 I 2have laidH6680 on you?” 44The kingH4428 also saidH559 to ShimeiH8096, “3You knowH3045 allH3605 the evilH7463 whichH834 4you acknowledgeH3045 in your heartH3824, whichH834 you didH6213 to my fatherH1 DavidH1732; therefore 5the LordH3068 shall returnH7725 your evilH7463 on your own headH7218. 45But KingH4428 SolomonH8010 shall be blessedH1288, and 6the throneH3678 of DavidH1732 shall be establishedH3559 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 foreverH5704H5769.” 467So the kingH4428 commandedH6680 BenaiahH1141 the sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077, and he wentH3318 out and fellH6293 upon him so that he diedH4191.

8Thus the kingdomH4467 was establishedH3559 in the handsH3027 of SolomonH8010.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 2:39 1 Sam 27:2 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 2:43 Lit commanded ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 2:44 2 Sam 16:5-13 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 2:44 Lit your heart acknowledges ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 2:44 1 Sam 25:39; 2 Kin 11:1, 12-16; Ps 7:16 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 2:45 2 Sam 7:13; Prov 25:5 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 2:46 1 Kin 2:25, 34 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 2:46 1 Kin 2:12; 2 Chr 1:1 ↩

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