Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 2:36-46

36And thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121forShimeiלְשִׁמְעִ֔יle.shim.'IH8096, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Buildבְּֽנֵה־be.neh-H1129thee anhouseבַ֙יִת֙va.yitH1004inJerusalemבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.LimH3389, anddwellוְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ve.ya.shav.TaH3427there, andgoתֵצֵ֥אte.Tze'H3318notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808forthH3318thenceanyH3318whither.

37For on thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117thou goestoutצֵאתְךָ֗tze.te.KhaH3318, and passest over thebrookנַ֣חַלNa.chalH5158Kidronקִדְר֔וֹןkid.RonH6939,knowיָדֹ֥עַya.Do.a'H3045thou forcertainתֵּדַ֖עte.Da'H3045that thou shaltsurelyכִּ֣יkiH3588dieH4191: thybloodדָּמְךָ֖da.me.KhaH1818shall beuponוְהָיָ֣ה׀ve.ha.YahH1961thineownיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961headבְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ve.ro.She.khaH7218.

38AndShimeiשִׁמְעִ֤יshim.'IH8096saidH559unto thekingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428, ThesayingH559isgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896: as mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hathsaidH559,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651will thyservantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650doיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213. Andshimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096dweltוַיֵּ֧שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389manyרַבִּֽים׃ סra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117.

39And itcameH1961topassH1961at theendמִקֵּץ֙mi.KetzH7093ofthreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141, thattwoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147of theservantsעֲבָדִים֙'a.va.DimH5650ofShimeiלְשִׁמְעִ֔יle.shim.'IH8096ranH1272awayH1272untoAchishאָכִ֥ישׁ'a.KhishH397,sonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofMaacahמַעֲכָ֖הma.'a.KhahH4601,kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofGathגַּ֑תGatH1661. And theytoldוַיַּגִּ֤ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Shimeiלְשִׁמְעִי֙le.shim.'IH8096,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559;Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650be inGathבְּגַֽת׃be.GatH1661.

40AndShimeiשִׁמְעִ֗יshim.'IH8096aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, andsaddledוַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙vai.ya.cha.VoshH2280his ass, andwentH935toGathגַּ֙תָה֙ga.tahH1661toAchishאָכִ֔ישׁ'a.KhishH397, toseekלְבַקֵּ֖שׁle.va.KeshH1245hisservantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650: andShimeiשִׁמְעִ֔יshim.'IH8096wentH935, andbroughtH935hisservantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650fromGathמִגַּֽת׃mi.GatH1661.

41And it wastoldוַיֻּגַּ֖דvai.yu.GadH5046Solomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֑הlish.lo.MohH8010thatShimeiשִׁמְעִ֧יshim.'IH8096hadgoneH1980fromJerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַ֛םmi.ru.sha.LimH3389toGathגַּ֖תgatH1661, and wascomeH1980againוַיָּשֹֽׁב׃vai.ya.ShoH7725.

42And thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121forShimeiלְשִׁמְעִ֗יle.shim.'IH8096, andsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,DidH3808InotH3808makeH3045thee toswearהִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣יךָhish.ba'.Ti.khaH7650by theLORDבַֽיהוָ֗הba.Yah.wehH3068, and protested unto thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,KnowH3045forcertainH3045, that on thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117thou goestoutH3318, and walkest abroadanyH3318whither, thou shaltsurelyכִּ֣יkiH3588dieH4191? and thou saidst untomeH413, Thesayingוַתֹּ֧אמֶרva.To.merH559that I haveheardשָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃sha.Ma.'e.tiH8085isgoodט֥וֹבTovH2896.

43Whyוּמַדּ֕וּעַu.ma.Du.a'H4069then hast thounotלֹ֣אlo'H3808keptשָׁמַ֔רְתָּsha.Mar.taH8104theoathשְׁבֻעַ֣תshe.vu.'AtH7621of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֖הha.mitz.VahH4687that I havechargedצִוִּ֥יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680thee with?

44Thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559moreover toShimeiשִׁמְעִ֗יshim.'IH8096, Thou knowestallכָּל־kol-H3605thewickednessהָרָעָ֗הha.ra.'AhH7451whichH834thineheartלְבָ֣בְךָ֔le.Va.ve.khaH3824is privy to, that thou didst toDavidלְדָוִ֣דle.da.VidH1732myfatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1: therefore theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallreturnוְהֵשִׁ֧יבve.he.ShivH7725thywickednessרָעָתְךָ֖ra.'a.te.KhaH7451uponאֶל־'el-H413thine ownheadבְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃be.ro.She.khaH7218.

45Butkingוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010shall beblessedבָּר֑וּךְba.RukhH1288, and thethroneוְכִסֵּ֣אve.khi.Se'H3678ofDavidדָוִ֗דda.VidH1732shall beestablishedנָכ֛וֹןna.KhonH3559beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068foreverעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

46SoH3318thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַ֣וvay.TzavH6680Benaiahבְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙be.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJehoiadaיְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'H3077; and hewentH3318outH3318, andfellH3318uponוַיִּפְגַּע־vai.yif.ga'-H6293him, that hediedוַיָּמֹ֑תvai.ya.MotH4191. And thekingdomוְהַמַּמְלָכָ֥הve.ha.mam.la.KhahH4467wasestablishedנָכ֖וֹנָהna.Kho.nahH3559in thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃she.lo.MohH8010.

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