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The First Book of Kings 2

2 Now the days of David to die approached, and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am going in the way of all of the earth. So you shall be strong, and you shall be 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, as written in the law of Moses, so that you may succeed in all that you do and everywhere that you turn there, 4 so that Yahweh may raise up his word, which he spoke about me, saying, ‘If your sons keep their way, to walk to my face in truth with all of their heart and with all of their soul,’ saying, ‘a man to you will not be cut off from upon the throne of Israel.’ 5 And also, you, you 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, that he murdered them. For he put the blood of war in peace, and he put the blood of war on his belt that was on his loins and on his sandal that 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 But to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite do covenant faithfulness, and let them be among the eaters at your table. For thus 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 Benjaminite from Bahurim. And he, he cursed me with a severe curse on the day of my going to Mahanaim. But he, he went down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘If I should kill you with the sword.’ 9 But now, may you not acquit him. For you are a wise man, and you know what you shall do to him. And you shall make his gray hair 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 had reigned over Israel were 40 years. In Hebron he had reigned 7 years, and in Jerusalem he had reigned 33 years. 12 And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established greatly.

13 Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Is your coming in peace?” And he said, “In peace.” 14 And he said, “A word is to me for you.” And she said, “Speak.” 15 And he said, “You, you know that the kingdom was to me, and all of Israel had set their faces on me to reign. But the kingdom turned and became to my brother, for it was to him from Yahweh. 16 And now, one request I am requesting from you. Do not turn away my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not turn away your face, that he may give to me Abishag the Shunammitess for a wife.” 18 And Bathsheba said, “Good. I, I will speak about you to the king.”

19 And Bathsheba came to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. And the king arose 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 at his right side. 20 And she said, “One small request I am requesting from you. Do not turn away my face.” And the king said to her, “Request, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.” 21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammitess be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.” 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammitess for Adonijah? Then request for him the kingdom, for he is my brother, older than me, and for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab, the son of Zeruiah!” 23 And King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “Thus may God do to me, and thus may he add, for against his life Adonijah has spoken this word. 24 And now, the life of Yahweh, who has established me and made me sit on the throne of David my father, and who has made a house for me, just as he said, surely Adonijah shall be killed today.” 25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he attacked him, and he died.

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

28 And the report came to 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 grasped the horns of the altar. 29 And it was declared to 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 came to 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 Joab spoke, 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 shall remove the blood that Joab poured out without cause from upon me and from upon the house of my father. 32 And Yahweh will return his blood on his head because he attacked two men more righteous and better than him, and he killed 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 blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his seed to forever. But for David and for his seed and for his house and for his throne will be peace until forever from with Yahweh.” 34 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and attacked him and killed him. And he was buried in his house in the wilderness. 35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in place of him over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest 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 where or where. 37 And it will happen on the day of your going out and you pass over the wadi of Kidron, knowing, you shall know that dying, you shall die. Your blood will be on your head.” 38 And Shimei said to the king, “The word is good. Just as my lord the king has spoken, thus will your servant do.” And Shimei dwelled in Jerusalem many days.

39 And it happened at 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 declared to Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.” 40 So Shimei arose 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 declared to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and he said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day of your going out, and you go where or where, knowing, you shall know that dying, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘The word I have heard is good.’ 43 So why did you not keep the oath of Yahweh and the command that I commanded upon you?” 44 And the king said to Shimei, “You, you know all of the evil that your heart knows, which you did to David my father. And Yahweh will return your evil on your head. 45 But King Solomon will be blessed, and the throne of David will be established to the face of Yahweh to forever.” 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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The First Book of Kings 2

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