1st Kings Chapter 2 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Now the days <H3117> of David <H1732> drew nigh <H7126> that he should die; <H4191> and he charged <H6680> Solomon <H8010> his son, <H1121> saying, <H0559>
2: I go <H1980> the way <H1870> of all the earth: <H0776> be thou strong <H2388> therefore, and shew thyself a man; <H0376>
3: And keep <H8104> the charge <H4931> of the LORD <H3068> thy God, <H0430> to walk <H3212> in his ways, <H1870> to keep <H8104> his statutes, <H2708> and his commandments, <H4687> and his judgments, <H4941> and his testimonies, <H5715> as it is written <H3789> in the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> that thou mayest prosper <H7919> in all that thou doest, <H6213> and whithersoever thou turnest <H6437> thyself:
4: That the LORD <H3068> may continue <H6965> his word <H1697> which he spake <H1696> concerning me, saying, <H0559> If thy children <H1121> take heed <H8104> to their way, <H1870> to walk <H3212> before <H6440> me in truth <H0571> with all their heart <H3824> and with all their soul, <H5315> there shall not fail <H3772> thee (said <H0559> he) a man <H0376> on the throne <H3678> of Israel. <H3478>
5: Moreover thou knowest <H3045> also what Joab <H3097> the son <H1121> of Zeruiah <H6870> did <H6213> to me, [and] what he did <H6213> to the two <H8147> captains <H8269> of the hosts <H6635> of Israel, <H3478> unto Abner <H0074> the son <H1121> of Ner, <H5369> and unto Amasa <H6021> the son <H1121> of Jether, <H3500> whom he slew, <H2026> and shed <H7760> the blood <H1818> of war <H4421> in peace, <H7965> and put <H5414> the blood <H1818> of war <H4421> upon his girdle <H2290> that [was] about his loins, <H4975> and in his shoes <H5275> that [were] on his feet. <H7272>
6: Do <H6213> therefore according to thy wisdom, <H2451> and let not his hoar head <H7872> go down <H3381> to the grave <H7585> in peace. <H7965>
7: But shew <H6213> kindness <H2617> unto the sons <H1121> of Barzillai <H1271> the Gileadite, <H1569> and let them be of those that eat <H0398> at thy table: <H7979> for so they came <H7126> to me when I fled <H1272> because <H6440> of Absalom <H0053> thy brother. <H0251>
8: And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei <H8096> the son <H1121> of Gera, <H1617> a Benjamite <H1145> of Bahurim, <H0980> which cursed <H7043> me with a grievous <H4834> curse <H7045> in the day <H3117> when I went <H3212> to Mahanaim: <H4266> but he came down <H3381> to meet <H7125> me at Jordan, <H3383> and I sware <H7650> to him by the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> I will not put thee to death <H4191> with the sword. <H2719>
9: Now therefore hold him not guiltless: <H5352> for thou [art] a wise <H2450> man, <H0376> and knowest <H3045> what thou oughtest to do <H6213> unto him; but his hoar head <H7872> bring thou down <H3381> to the grave <H7585> with blood. <H1818>
10: So David <H1732> slept <H7901> with his fathers, <H0001> and was buried <H6912> in the city <H5892> of David. <H1732>
11: And the days <H3117> that David <H1732> reigned <H4427> over Israel <H3478> [were] forty <H0705> years: <H8141> seven <H7651> years <H8141> reigned <H4427> he in Hebron, <H2275> and thirty <H7970> and three <H7969> years <H8141> reigned <H4427> he in Jerusalem. <H3389>
12: Then sat <H3427> Solomon <H8010> upon the throne <H3678> of David <H1732> his father; <H0001> and his kingdom <H4438> was established <H3559> greatly. <H3966>
13: And Adonijah <H0138> the son <H1121> of Haggith <H2294> came <H0935> to Bathsheba <H1339> the mother <H0517> of Solomon. <H8010> And she said, <H0559> Comest <H0935> thou peaceably? <H7965> And he said, <H0559> Peaceably. <H7965>
14: He said <H0559> moreover, I have somewhat to say <H1697> unto thee. And she said, <H0559> Say on. <H1696>
15: And he said, <H0559> Thou knowest <H3045> that the kingdom <H4410> was mine, and [that] all Israel <H3478> set <H7760> their faces <H6440> on me, that I should reign: <H4427> howbeit the kingdom <H4410> is turned about, <H5437> and is become my brother's: <H0251> for it was his from the LORD. <H3068>
16: And now I ask <H7592> one <H0259> petition <H7596> of thee, deny <H7725> me <H6440> not. And she said <H0559> unto him, Say on. <H1696>
17: And he said, <H0559> Speak, <H0559> I pray thee, unto Solomon <H8010> the king, <H4428> (for he will not say thee <H6440> nay,) <H7725> that he give <H5414> me Abishag <H0049> the Shunammite <H7767> to wife. <H0802>
18: And Bathsheba <H1339> said, <H0559> Well; <H2896> I will speak <H1696> for thee unto the king. <H4428>
19: Bathsheba <H1339> therefore went <H0935> unto king <H4428> Solomon, <H8010> to speak <H1696> unto him for Adonijah. <H0138> And the king <H4428> rose up <H6965> to meet <H7125> her, and bowed <H7812> himself unto her, and sat down <H3427> on his throne, <H3678> and caused a seat <H3678> to be set <H7760> for the king's <H4428> mother; <H0517> and she sat <H3427> on his right hand. <H3225>
20: Then she said, <H0559> I desire <H7592> one <H0259> small <H6996> petition <H7596> of thee; [I pray thee], say me <H6440> not nay. <H7725> And the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto her, Ask on, <H7592> my mother: <H0517> for I will not say thee <H6440> nay. <H7725>
21: And she said, <H0559> Let Abishag <H0049> the Shunammite <H7767> be given <H5414> to Adonijah <H0138> thy brother <H0251> to wife. <H0802>
22: And king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> answered <H6030> and said <H0559> unto his mother, <H0517> And why dost thou ask <H7592> Abishag <H0049> the Shunammite <H7767> for Adonijah? <H0138> ask <H7592> for him the kingdom <H4410> also; for he [is] mine elder <H1419> brother; <H0251> even for him, and for Abiathar <H0054> the priest, <H3548> and for Joab <H3097> the son <H1121> of Zeruiah. <H6870>
23: Then king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> sware <H7650> by the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> God <H0430> do <H6213> so to me, and more <H3254> also, if Adonijah <H0138> have not spoken <H1696> this word <H1697> against his own life. <H5315>
24: Now therefore, [as] the LORD <H3068> liveth, <H2416> which hath established <H3559> me, and set <H3427> me on the throne <H3678> of David <H1732> my father, <H0001> and who hath made <H6213> me an house, <H1004> as he promised, <H1696> Adonijah <H0138> shall be put to death <H4191> this day. <H3117>
25: And king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> sent <H7971> by the hand <H3027> of Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada; <H3077> and he fell <H6293> upon him that he died. <H4191>
26: And unto Abiathar <H0054> the priest <H3548> said <H0559> the king, <H4428> Get <H3212> thee to Anathoth, <H6068> unto thine own fields; <H7704> for thou [art] worthy <H0376> of death: <H4194> but I will not at this time <H3117> put thee to death, <H4191> because thou barest <H5375> the ark <H0727> of the Lord <H0136> GOD <H3069> before <H6440> David <H1732> my father, <H0001> and because thou hast been afflicted <H6031> in all wherein my father <H0001> was afflicted. <H6031>
27: So Solomon <H8010> thrust out <H1644> Abiathar <H0054> from being priest <H3548> unto the LORD; <H3068> that he might fulfil <H4390> the word <H1697> of the LORD, <H3068> which he spake <H1696> concerning the house <H1004> of Eli <H5941> in Shiloh. <H7887>
28: Then tidings <H8052> came <H0935> to Joab: <H3097> for Joab <H3097> had turned <H5186> after <H0310> Adonijah, <H0138> though he turned <H5186> not after <H0310> Absalom. <H0053> And Joab <H3097> fled <H5127> unto the tabernacle <H0168> of the LORD, <H3068> and caught hold <H2388> on the horns <H7161> of the altar. <H4196>
29: And it was told <H5046> king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> that Joab <H3097> was fled <H5127> unto the tabernacle <H0168> of the LORD; <H3068> and, behold, [he is] by <H0681> the altar. <H4196> Then Solomon <H8010> sent <H7971> Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada, <H3077> saying, <H0559> Go, <H3212> fall <H6293> upon him.
30: And Benaiah <H1141> came <H0935> to the tabernacle <H0168> of the LORD, <H3068> and said <H0559> unto him, Thus saith <H0559> the king, <H4428> Come forth. <H3318> And he said, <H0559> Nay; but I will die <H4191> here. And Benaiah <H1141> brought the king <H4428> word <H1697> again, <H7725> saying, <H0559> Thus said <H1696> Joab, <H3097> and thus he answered <H6030> me.
31: And the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto him, Do <H6213> as he hath said, <H1696> and fall <H6293> upon him, and bury <H6912> him; that thou mayest take away <H5493> the innocent <H2600> blood, <H1818> which Joab <H3097> shed, <H8210> from me, and from the house <H1004> of my father. <H0001>
32: And the LORD <H3068> shall return <H7725> his blood <H1818> upon his own head, <H7218> who fell upon <H6293> two <H8147> men <H0582> more righteous <H6662> and better <H2896> than he, and slew <H2026> them with the sword, <H2719> my father <H0001> David <H1732> not knowing <H3045> [thereof, to wit], Abner <H0074> the son <H1121> of Ner, <H5369> captain <H8269> of the host <H6635> of Israel, <H3478> and Amasa <H6021> the son <H1121> of Jether, <H3500> captain <H8269> of the host <H6635> of Judah. <H3063>
33: Their blood <H1818> shall therefore return <H7725> upon the head <H7218> of Joab, <H3097> and upon the head <H7218> of his seed <H2233> for ever: <H5769> but upon David, <H1732> and upon his seed, <H2233> and upon his house, <H1004> and upon his throne, <H3678> shall there be peace <H7965> for <H5704> ever <H5769> from the LORD. <H3068>
34: So Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada <H3077> went up, <H5927> and fell <H6293> upon him, and slew <H4191> him: and he was buried <H6912> in his own house <H1004> in the wilderness. <H4057>
35: And the king <H4428> put <H5414> Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada <H3077> in his room over the host: <H6635> and Zadok <H6659> the priest <H3548> did the king <H4428> put <H5414> in the room of Abiathar. <H0054>
36: And the king <H4428> sent <H7971> and called <H7121> for Shimei, <H8096> and said <H0559> unto him, Build <H1129> thee an house <H1004> in Jerusalem, <H3389> and dwell <H3427> there, and go not forth <H3318> thence any whither. <H0575>
37: For it shall be, [that] on the day <H3117> thou goest out, <H3318> and passest over <H5674> the brook <H5158> Kidron, <H6939> thou shalt know <H3045> for certain <H3045> that thou shalt surely <H4191> die: <H4191> thy blood <H1818> shall be upon thine own head. <H7218>
38: And Shimei <H8096> said <H0559> unto the king, <H4428> The saying <H1697> [is] good: <H2896> as my lord <H0113> the king <H4428> hath said, <H1696> so will thy servant <H5650> do. <H6213> And Shimei <H8096> dwelt <H3427> in Jerusalem <H3389> many <H7227> days. <H3117>
39: And it came to pass at the end <H7093> of three <H7969> years, <H8141> that two <H8147> of the servants <H5650> of Shimei <H8096> ran away <H1272> unto Achish <H0397> son <H1121> of Maachah <H4601> king <H4428> of Gath. <H1661> And they told <H5046> Shimei, <H8096> saying, <H0559> Behold, thy servants <H5650> [be] in Gath. <H1661>
40: And Shimei <H8096> arose, <H6965> and saddled <H2280> his ass, <H2543> and went <H3212> to Gath <H1661> to Achish <H0397> to seek <H1245> his servants: <H5650> and Shimei <H8096> went, <H3212> and brought <H0935> his servants <H5650> from Gath. <H1661>
41: And it was told <H5046> Solomon <H8010> that Shimei <H8096> had gone <H1980> from Jerusalem <H3389> to Gath, <H1661> and was come again. <H7725>
42: And the king <H4428> sent <H7971> and called <H7121> for Shimei, <H8096> and said <H0559> unto him, Did I not make thee to swear <H7650> by the LORD, <H3068> and protested <H5749> unto thee, saying, <H0559> Know <H3045> for a certain, <H3045> on the day <H3117> thou goest out, <H3318> and walkest <H1980> abroad any whither, <H0575> that thou shalt surely <H4191> die? <H4191> and thou saidst <H0559> unto me, The word <H1697> [that] I have heard <H8085> [is] good. <H2896>
43: Why then hast thou not kept <H8104> the oath <H7621> of the LORD, <H3068> and the commandment <H4687> that I have charged <H6680> thee with?
44: The king <H4428> said <H0559> moreover to Shimei, <H8096> Thou knowest <H3045> all the wickedness <H7451> which thine heart <H3824> is privy to, <H3045> that thou didst <H6213> to David <H1732> my father: <H0001> therefore the LORD <H3068> shall return <H7725> thy wickedness <H7451> upon thine own head; <H7218>
45: And king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> [shall be] blessed, <H1288> and the throne <H3678> of David <H1732> shall be established <H3559> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> for <H5704> ever. <H5769>
46: So the king <H4428> commanded <H6680> Benaiah <H1141> the son <H1121> of Jehoiada; <H3077> which went out, <H3318> and fell <H6293> upon him, that he died. <H4191> And the kingdom <H4467> was established <H3559> in the hand <H3027> of Solomon. <H8010>