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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Kings 1 - 2 (ESV)

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1 Kings 1

David in His Old Age

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms,[fn] that my lord the king may be warm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:5 - Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David’s mighty men were not with Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent’s Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.

Nathan and Bathsheba Before David

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:11 - Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14 - Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm[fn] your words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22 - While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders[fn] of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Solomon Anointed King

(1Ch 29:22–25 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28 - Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king’s mule.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:46 - Solomon sits on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted someone[fn] to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:49 - Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Then it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:52 - And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”
ESV Footnotes
Or in your bosom
Or expand on
Hebrew; Septuagint Joab the commander
Septuagint one of my offspring

1 Kings 2

David’s Instructions to Solomon

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:1 - When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:2 - “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack[fn] a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[fn] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[fn] on the belt around his[fn] waist and on the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty[fn] they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

The Death of David

(1Ch 3:4; 29:26–28 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 - Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

Solomon’s Reign Established

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:13 - Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come peacefully?” He said, “Peacefully.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:14 - Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” She said, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16 - And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:18 - Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:21 - She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother, and on his side are Abiathar[fn] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all my father’s affliction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, thus fulfilling the word of the LORD that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the LORD forevermore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - And Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, “Behold, your servants are in Gath,”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I will obey.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I commanded you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my father. So the LORD will bring back your harm on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:45 - But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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Hebrew there shall not be cut off for you
Septuagint; Hebrew placing
Septuagint innocent blood
Septuagint my; twice in this verse
Or steadfast love
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew and for him and for Abiathar
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