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days of David drew nigh that he should die; and
he charged Solomon his son, saying,
02 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong
therefore, and shew thyself a man;
03 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to
walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his
commandments, and his judgments, and his
testimonies, as it is written in the law of
Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou
doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
04 That the Lord may continue his word which he
spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take
heed to their way, to walk before me in truth
with all their heart and with all their soul,
there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel.
05 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son
of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two
captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the
son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether,
whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace,
and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was
about his loins, and in his shoes that were on
his feet.
06 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
07 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat
at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
08 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the
son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed
me with a grievous curse in the day when I went
to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at
Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I
will not put thee to death with the sword.
09 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou
art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to
do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to
the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel
were forty years: seven years reigned he in
Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said,
Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said, Say on.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me,
that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
turned about, and is become my brother's: for it
was his from the Lord.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me
not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon
the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he
give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for
thee unto the king.
19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to
speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up
to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set
for the king's mother; and she sat on his right
hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of
thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king
said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not
say thee nay.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his
mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the
Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom
also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him,
and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son
of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have
not spoken this word against his own life.
24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath
established me, and set me on the throne of David
my father, and who hath made me an house, as he
promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this
day.
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25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he
died.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king,
Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for
thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put thee to death, because thou barest the
ark of the Lord God before David my father, and
because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein
my father was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being
priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the
word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the
house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned
after Adonijah, though he turned not after
Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was
fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and,
behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the
Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king,
Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die
here. And Benaiah brought the king word again,
saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath
said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou
mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab
shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his
own head, who fell upon two men more righteous
and better than he, and slew them with the sword,
my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of
Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of
the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the
head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for
ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon
his house, and upon his throne, shall there be
peace for ever from the Lord.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and
fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in
his own house in the wilderness.
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest
did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem,
and dwell there, and go not forth thence any
whither.
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest
out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou
shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely
die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy
servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
days.
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto
Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told
Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and
went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and
Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone
from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by
the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know
for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and
walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt
surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word
that I have heard is good.
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
Lord, and the commandment that I have charged
thee with?
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest
all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to,
that thou didst to David my father: therefore the
Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head;
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the
throne of David shall be established before the
Lord for ever.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that
he died. And the kingdom was established in the
hand of Solomon.
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