C.
Giving the final charge to Solomon his son as the successor to the Davidic throne
2:1-9
1 Kings 2
:1
2:1
When 1David’s time to
adie drew near, he commanded
1Solomon his son, saying,
1 Kings 2
:2
2:2
I am
agoing the way of all the earth. Be
bstrong therefore and
cbe a man;
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2:3
And keep the commandment of Jehovah your God by walking in His ways, by keeping His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances and His testimonies as they are written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
1 Kings 2
:4
2:4
That Jehovah may establish His word which He
aspoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way by walking before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail — He said — to be a man upon the
bthrone of Israel for you.
1 Kings 2
:5
2:5
Furthermore you know what
1Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, by that which he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to
aAbner the son of Ner and to
bAmasa the son of Jether, whom he slew; and he shed the blood of war in peace and put the blood of war upon his girdle around his loins and upon his sandals that are on his feet.
1 Kings 2
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2:6
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray-haired head go down into Sheol in peace.
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2:7
And show mercy to the sons of
aBarzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they drew near to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
1 Kings 2
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2:8
And now there is with you
aShimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a terrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I shall not kill you with the sword.
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2:9
Now therefore do not hold him guiltless; for you are a wise man, and you will know what to do to him. And you shall bring his gray-haired head down into Sheol with blood.
D.
Ceasing in his life on earth
2:10-11
1 Kings 2
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2:10
And David
aslept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 2
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2:11
aAnd the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
II.
The reign of the kings
1 Kings 2:12—2 Kings 25:30
A.
The reign of Solomon
1 Kings 2:12—11:43
1.
Ending the factors of rebellion for the establishment of his kingdom
2:12-46
1 Kings 2
:12
2:12
And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
1 Kings 2
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2:13
Then aAdonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
1 Kings 2
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2:14
Then he said, I have something
to say to you. And she said, Speak.
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2:15
And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel looked to me to reign; but the kingdom has turned and has become my brother’s, for it was of Jehovah to be his.
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2:16
Now therefore I ask one thing of you; do not refuse me. And she said to him, Speak.
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2:17
And he said, Please tell Solomon the king — for he will not refuse you — to give me
aAbishag the Shunammite as
my wife.
1 Kings 2
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2:18
And Bath-sheba said, Fine; I will speak to the king for you.
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2:19
So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself before her; and he sat on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
1 Kings 2
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2:20
And she said, Let me ask one small thing of you; do not refuse me. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.
1 Kings 2
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2:21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as
his wife.
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2:22
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, since he is my older brother, indeed for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
1 Kings 2
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2:23
Then King Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and even more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
1 Kings 2
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2:24
Now therefore as Jehovah lives, who has established me and seated me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as He has promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.
1 Kings 2
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2:25
So King Solomon sent
aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down so that he died.
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2:26
And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death; but I will not kill you at this time, for you
abore the Ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father and you
bsuffered affliction in all that my father suffered.
1 Kings 2
:27
2:27
So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being a priest to Jehovah, fulfilling the word of Jehovah which He had
aspoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Kings 2
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2:28
And the report came to Joab, for Joab had followed after Adonijah, though he had not followed after Absalom. And Joab fled into the Tent of Jehovah, and he took hold of the
ahorns of the altar.
1 Kings 2
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2:29
And when it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled into the Tent of Jehovah and
that he was just then beside the
aaltar, Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go
and strike him down.
1 Kings 2
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2:30
And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah and said to him, Thus says the king, Come out. And he said, No; rather I will die here. Then Benaiah brought word to the king again, saying, Thus has Joab said, and thus has he answered me.
1 Kings 2
:31
2:31
And the king said to him, Do as he has spoken, and strike him down and bury him, that you may remove the
ablood which Joab has shed without cause from me and from my father’s house.
1 Kings 2
:32
2:32
And Jehovah will return his blood upon his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself and slew them with the sword, though my father David did not know
of it,
that is,
aAbner the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and
bAmasa the son of Jether, the captain of the army of Judah.
1 Kings 2
:33
2:33
So their blood shall return upon Joab’s head and upon his seed’s head forever, but to David and to his seed and to his house and to his throne there shall be peace forever from Jehovah.
1 Kings 2
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2:34
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings 2
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2:35
And the king put
aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put
bZadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
1 Kings 2
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2:36
Then the king sent
word and called for
aShimei. And he said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there; and you shall not go forth from there to any place whatever.
1 Kings 2
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2:37
For on the day that you go forth and cross over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood will be upon your own head.
1 Kings 2
:38
2:38
And Shimei said to the king, This word is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Kings 2
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2:39
Then at the end of three years two of Shimei’s servants ran off to Achish the son of Maacah, the king of Gath; and they told Shimei, saying, Your servants are now in Gath.
1 Kings 2
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2:40
So Shimei rose up and saddled his donkey and went to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
1 Kings 2
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2:41
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
1 Kings 2
:42
2:42
So the king sent
word and called for Shimei; and he said to him, Did I not make you swear by Jehovah and solemnly warn you, saying, On the day that you go forth and travel to any place whatever, know for certain that you shall surely die? And you said to me, This word that I have heard is good.
1 Kings 2
:43
2:43
Why then have you not kept the oath of Jehovah and the commandment that I charged you with?
1 Kings 2
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2:44
And the king said to Shimei, You yourself know all the evil, which your heart is conscious of, that you did to David my father; and Jehovah will return your evil upon your own head.
1 Kings 2
:45
2:45
But King Solomon will be blessed, and the
athrone of David will be established before Jehovah forever.
1 Kings 2
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2:46
So the king gave commands to Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
