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The First Book of Kings 2

2 And the days of David to die came near, and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am about to go in the way of all the earth. And you shall be strong, and you shall become a man. 3 And you shall keep the keeping of Yahweh your God to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, according to what is written in the law of Moses, so that you may do wisely all that you do and everywhere that you would turn there, 4 so that Yahweh may cause his word to stand, which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons will keep their way, to walk before my face in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ saying, ‘a man for you will not be cut off from on the throne of Israel.’ 5 And also you yourself know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to two of the commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether: and he slew them. And he put the bloodshed of war in peace and he gave the bloodshed of war on his belt, which was on his loins, and on his sandal, which was on his feet. 6 And you shall act according to your wisdom, and you shall not let his gray hair go down in peace to Sheol. 7 And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite do covenant faithfulness, and let them be among those who eat at your table. For so they came near to me when I fled from the face of Absalom your brother. 8 And behold, with you is Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite from Bahurim. And he himself cursed me with a grievous curse on the day of my going to Mahanaim. And he himself went down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ 9 And now, do not leave him unpunished. For you are a wise man, and you know what you shall do to him. And you shall cause his gray hair to go down with blood to Sheol.”

10 And David lay down with his fathers and he was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were 40 years. In Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years. 12 And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father. And his kingdom was firmly established.

13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Is your coming peaceful?” And he said, “It is peaceful.” 14 And he said, “A word is for me to you.” And she said, “Speak.” 15 And he said, “You yourself know that the kingship was for me, and all Israel had set their faces on me to reign. But the kingship turned around and became for my brother, for from Yahweh it was for him. 16 And now, I am requesting one request from with you, do not turn back my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he may give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.” 18 And Bathsheba said, “Good, I myself will speak concerning you to the king.”

19 And Bathsheba came to the king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and he bowed down to her and he sat on his throne. And he set a throne for the mother of the king, and she sat by his right hand. 20 And she said, “One small request I am requesting from with you, do not turn back my face.” And the king said to her, “Request, my mother, for I will not turn back your face.” 21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.” 22 And the king Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Then request for him the kingship, for he is my brother, older than I, and for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!” 23 And the king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “Thus may God do to me, and thus may he add, unless by his life Adonijah has spoken this word. 24 And now, as Yahweh is alive, who has established me and caused me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who has made for me a house just as he said, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.” 25 And the king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And he attacked him and he died.

26 And with respect to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields. For you are a man of death, but I will not put you to death on this day, because you lifted the box of my Lord Yahweh before the face of David my father and because you were afflicted with all that my father was afflicted.” 27 And Solomon drove Abiathar out from being a priest to Yahweh, to fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

28 And the report came as far as Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, but he had not turned aside after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and he took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told to the king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, attack him.” 30 And Benaiah entered into the tent of Yahweh and he said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come out!’ ” And he said, “No, for here I will die.” And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “Thus has spoken Joab and thus he answered me.” 31 And the king said to him, “Do just as he has spoken and attack him and bury him. And you will remove from on me and from on the house of my father the bloodshed without cause that Joab poured out. 32 And Yahweh will return his blood on his head, because he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself and he slew them with the sword, and my father David did not know: Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah. 33 And their shed blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his seed to eternity. But for David and for his seed and for his house and for his throne will be peace until eternity from with Yahweh.” 34 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and attacked him and put him to death. And he was buried in his house in the wilderness. 35 And the king gave Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army. And Zadok the priest the king gave in place of Abiathar.

36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and he said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and dwell there. And do not go out from there here or there. 37 And it will happen on the day when you go out and you pass over the wadi of Kidron, know surely that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your head.” 38 And Shimei said to the king, “The word is good. Just as my master the king has spoken, thus your servant will do.” And Shimei dwelled in Jerusalem many days.

39 And it happened from the end of three years that two of the slaves of Shimei fled to Achish the son of Maacah, the king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.” 40 And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought back his slaves from Gath. 41 And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not cause you to swear by Yahweh and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day when you go out and go here or there, surely know that you will surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word I have heard is good.’ 43 And why did you not keep the oath of Yahweh and the command that I commanded concerning you?” 44 And the king said to Shimei, “You yourself know all the evil that your heart knows, that you did to David my father. And Yahweh will return your evil on your head. 45 But the king Solomon will be blessed, and the throne of David will be established before the face of Yahweh until eternity.” 46 And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and attacked him, and he died.

And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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