1 Kings 2
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1 Kings 2:41-46

41And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned. 42So the king sent men and summoned Shimei, and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere, you shall assuredly die’? And you said to me, ‘The word I have heard is good.’ 43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the command which I 1imposed on you?” 44The king also said to Shimei, “2You yourself know all the evil that 3you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore 4the Lord will return your evil on your own head. 45But King Solomon will be blessed, and 5the throne of David will be established before the Lord forever.” 466So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and 7struck him so that he died.

8And the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.

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Notes

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

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