Dual Panel1Now the days <03117> of David <01732> drew nigh <07126> (8799) that he should die <04191> (8800)_; and he charged <06680> (8762) Solomon <08010> his son <01121>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
2I go <01980> (8802) the way <01870> of all the earth <0776>_: be thou strong <02388> (8804) therefore, and shew thyself a man <0376>_;
3And keep <08104> (8804) the charge <04931> of the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>_, to walk <03212> (8800) in his ways <01870>_, to keep <08104> (8800) his statutes <02708>_, and his commandments <04687>_, and his judgments <04941>_, and his testimonies <05715>_, as it is written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> of Moses <04872>_, that thou mayest prosper <07919> (8686) in all that thou doest <06213> (8799)_, and whithersoever thou turnest <06437> (8799) thyself: {prosper: or, do wisely}
4That the LORD <03068> may continue <06965> (8686) his word <01697> which he spake <01696> (8765) concerning me, saying <0559> (8800)_, If thy children <01121> take heed <08104> (8799) to their way <01870>_, to walk <03212> (8800) before <06440> me in truth <0571> with all their heart <03824> and with all their soul <05315>_, there shall not fail <03772> (8735) thee (said <0559> (8800) he) a man <0376> on the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>_. {fail...: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne}
5Moreover thou knowest <03045> (8804) also what Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> did <06213> (8804) to me, [and] what he did <06213> (8804) to the two <08147> captains <08269> of the hosts <06635> of Israel <03478>_, unto Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>_, and unto Amasa <06021> the son <01121> of Jether <03500>_, whom he slew <02026> (8799)_, and shed <07760> (8799) the blood <01818> of war <04421> in peace <07965>_, and put <05414> (8799) the blood <01818> of war <04421> upon his girdle <02290> that [was] about his loins <04975>_, and in his shoes <05275> that [were] on his feet <07272>_. {shed: Heb. put}
6Do <06213> (8804) therefore according to thy wisdom <02451>_, and let not his hoar head <07872> go down <03381> (8686) to the grave <07585> in peace <07965>_.
7But shew <06213> (8799) kindness <02617> unto the sons <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569>_, and let them be of those that eat <0398> (8802) at thy table <07979>_: for so they came <07126> (8804) to me when I fled <01272> (8800) because <06440> of Absalom <053> thy brother <0251>_.
8And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>_, a Benjamite <01145> of Bahurim <0980>_, which cursed <07043> (8765) me with a grievous <04834> (8737) curse <07045> in the day <03117> when I went <03212> (8800) to Mahanaim <04266>_: but he came down <03381> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) me at Jordan <03383>_, and I sware <07650> (8735) to him by the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, I will not put thee to death <04191> (8686) with the sword <02719>_. {grievous: Heb. strong}
9Now therefore hold him not guiltless <05352> (8762)_: for thou [art] a wise <02450> man <0376>_, and knowest <03045> (8804) what thou oughtest to do <06213> (8799) unto him; but his hoar head <07872> bring thou down <03381> (8689) to the grave <07585> with blood <01818>_.
10So David <01732> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and was buried <06912> (8735) in the city <05892> of David <01732>_.
11And the days <03117> that David <01732> reigned <04427> (8804) over Israel <03478> [were] forty <0705> years <08141>_: seven <07651> years <08141> reigned <04427> (8804) he in Hebron <02275>_, and thirty <07970> and three <07969> years <08141> reigned <04427> (8804) he in Jerusalem <03389>_.
12Then sat <03427> (8804) Solomon <08010> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732> his father <01>_; and his kingdom <04438> was established <03559> (8735) greatly <03966>_.
13And Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> came <0935> (8799) to Bathsheba <01339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <08010>_. And she said <0559> (8799)_, Comest <0935> (8800) thou peaceably <07965>_? And he said <0559> (8799)_, Peaceably <07965>_.
14He said <0559> (8799) moreover, I have somewhat to say <01697> unto thee. And she said <0559> (8799)_, Say on <01696> (8761)_.
15And he said <0559> (8799)_, Thou knowest <03045> (8804) that the kingdom <04410> was mine, and [that] all Israel <03478> set <07760> (8804) their faces <06440> on me, that I should reign <04427> (8800)_: howbeit the kingdom <04410> is turned about <05437> (8735)_, and is become my brother's <0251>_: for it was his from the LORD <03068>_.
16And now I ask <07592> (8802) one <0259> petition <07596> of thee, deny <07725> (8686) me <06440> not. And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, Say on <01696> (8761)_. {deny...: Heb. turn not away my face}
17And he said <0559> (8799)_, Speak <0559> (8798)_, I pray thee, unto Solomon <08010> the king <04428>_, (for he will not say <07725> (0) thee <06440> nay <07725> (8686),) that he give <05414> (8799) me Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> to wife <0802>_.
18And Bathsheba <01339> said <0559> (8799)_, Well <02896>_; I will speak <01696> (8762) for thee unto the king <04428>_.
19Bathsheba <01339> therefore went <0935> (8799) unto king <04428> Solomon <08010>_, to speak <01696> (8763) unto him for Adonijah <0138>_. And the king <04428> rose up <06965> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) her, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself unto her, and sat down <03427> (8799) on his throne <03678>_, and caused a seat <03678> to be set <07760> (8799) for the king's <04428> mother <0517>_; and she sat <03427> (8799) on his right hand <03225>_.
20Then she said <0559> (8799)_, I desire <07592> (8802) one <0259> small <06996> petition <07596> of thee; [I pray thee], say <07725> (0) me <06440> not nay <07725> (8686)_. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto her, Ask on <07592> (8798)_, my mother <0517>_: for I will not say <07725> (0) thee <06440> nay <07725> (8686)_.
21And she said <0559> (8799)_, Let Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> be given <05414> (8714) to Adonijah <0138> thy brother <0251> to wife <0802>_.
22And king <04428> Solomon <08010> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) unto his mother <0517>_, And why dost thou ask <07592> (8802) Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> for Adonijah <0138>_? ask <07592> (8798) for him the kingdom <04410> also; for he [is] mine elder <01419> brother <0251>_; even for him, and for Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>_, and for Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>_.
23Then king <04428> Solomon <08010> sware <07650> (8735) by the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, God <0430> do <06213> (8799) so to me, and more also <03254> (8686)_, if Adonijah <0138> have not spoken <01696> (8765) this word <01697> against his own life <05315>_.
24Now therefore, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>_, which hath established <03559> (8689) me, and set <03427> (8686) me on the throne <03678> of David <01732> my father <01>_, and who hath made <06213> (8804) me an house <01004>_, as he promised <01696> (8765)_, Adonijah <0138> shall be put to death <04191> (8714) this day <03117>_.
25And king <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971> (8799) by the hand <03027> of Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_; and he fell <06293> (8799) upon him that he died <04191> (8799)_.
26And unto Abiathar <054> the priest <03548> said <0559> (8804) the king <04428>_, Get <03212> (8798) thee to Anathoth <06068>_, unto thine own fields <07704>_; for thou [art] worthy <0376> of death <04194>_: but I will not at this time <03117> put thee to death <04191> (8686)_, because thou barest <05375> (8804) the ark <0727> of the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> before <06440> David <01732> my father <01>_, and because thou hast been afflicted <06031> (8694) in all wherein my father <01> was afflicted <06031> (8694)_. {worthy...: Heb. a man of death}
27So Solomon <08010> thrust out <01644> (8762) Abiathar <054> from being priest <03548> unto the LORD <03068>_; that he might fulfil <04390> (8763) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_, which he spake <01696> (8765) concerning the house <01004> of Eli <05941> in Shiloh <07887>_.
28Then tidings <08052> came <0935> (8804) to Joab <03097>_: for Joab <03097> had turned <05186> (8804) after <0310> Adonijah <0138>_, though he turned <05186> (8804) not after <0310> Absalom <053>_. And Joab <03097> fled <05127> (8799) unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>_, and caught hold <02388> (8686) on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>_.
29And it was told <05046> (8714) king <04428> Solomon <08010> that Joab <03097> was fled <05127> (8804) unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>_; and, behold, [he is] by <0681> the altar <04196>_. Then Solomon <08010> sent <07971> (8799) Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Go <03212> (8798)_, fall <06293> (8798) upon him.
30And Benaiah <01141> came <0935> (8799) to the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428>_, Come forth <03318> (8798)_. And he said <0559> (8799)_, Nay; but I will die <04191> (8799) here. And Benaiah <01141> brought <07725> (0) the king <04428> word <01697> again <07725> (8686)_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thus said <01696> (8765) Joab <03097>_, and thus he answered <06030> (8804) me.
31And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Do <06213> (8798) as he hath said <01696> (8765)_, and fall <06293> (8798) upon him, and bury <06912> (8804) him; that thou mayest take away <05493> (8689) the innocent <02600> blood <01818>_, which Joab <03097> shed <08210> (8804)_, from me, and from the house <01004> of my father <01>_.
32And the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> (8689) his blood <01818> upon his own head <07218>_, who fell <06293> (8804) upon two <08147> men <0582> more righteous <06662> and better <02896> than he, and slew <02026> (8799) them with the sword <02719>_, my father <01> David <01732> not knowing <03045> (8804) [thereof, to wit], Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>_, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Israel <03478>_, and Amasa <06021> the son <01121> of Jether <03500>_, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Judah <03063>_.
33Their blood <01818> shall therefore return <07725> (8804) upon the head <07218> of Joab <03097>_, and upon the head <07218> of his seed <02233> for ever <05769>_: but upon David <01732>_, and upon his seed <02233>_, and upon his house <01004>_, and upon his throne <03678>_, shall there be peace <07965> for <05704> ever <05769> from the LORD <03068>_.
34So Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> went up <05927> (8799)_, and fell <06293> (8799) upon him, and slew <04191> (8686) him: and he was buried <06912> (8735) in his own house <01004> in the wilderness <04057>_.
35And the king <04428> put <05414> (8799) Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077> in his room over the host <06635>_: and Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> did the king <04428> put <05414> (8804) in the room of Abiathar <054>_.
36And the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) for Shimei <08096>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Build <01129> (8798) thee an house <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>_, and dwell <03427> (8804) there, and go not forth <03318> (8799) thence any whither <0575>_.
37For it shall be, [that] on the day <03117> thou goest out <03318> (8800)_, and passest over <05674> (8804) the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>_, thou shalt know <03045> (8799) for certain <03045> (8800) that thou shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799)_: thy blood <01818> shall be upon thine own head <07218>_.
38And Shimei <08096> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>_, The saying <01697> [is] good <02896>_: as my lord <0113> the king <04428> hath said <01696> (8765)_, so will thy servant <05650> do <06213> (8799)_. And Shimei <08096> dwelt <03427> (8799) in Jerusalem <03389> many <07227> days <03117>_.
39And it came to pass at the end <07093> of three <07969> years <08141>_, that two <08147> of the servants <05650> of Shimei <08096> ran away <01272> (8799) unto Achish <0397> son <01121> of Maachah <04601> king <04428> of Gath <01661>_. And they told <05046> (8686) Shimei <08096>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, thy servants <05650> [be] in Gath <01661>_.
40And Shimei <08096> arose <06965> (8799)_, and saddled <02280> (8799) his ass <02543>_, and went <03212> (8799) to Gath <01661> to Achish <0397> to seek <01245> (8763) his servants <05650>_: and Shimei <08096> went <03212> (8799)_, and brought <0935> (8686) his servants <05650> from Gath <01661>_.
41And it was told <05046> (8714) Solomon <08010> that Shimei <08096> had gone <01980> (8804) from Jerusalem <03389> to Gath <01661>_, and was come again <07725> (8799)_.
42And the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) for Shimei <08096>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Did I not make thee to swear <07650> (8689) by the LORD <03068>_, and protested <05749> (8686) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800)_, Know <03045> (8799) for a certain <03045> (8800)_, on the day <03117> thou goest out <03318> (8800)_, and walkest <01980> (8804) abroad any whither <0575>_, that thou shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799)_? and thou saidst <0559> (8799) unto me, The word <01697> [that] I have heard <08085> (8804) [is] good <02896>_.
43Why then hast thou not kept <08104> (8804) the oath <07621> of the LORD <03068>_, and the commandment <04687> that I have charged <06680> (8765) thee with?
44The king <04428> said <0559> (8799) moreover to Shimei <08096>_, Thou knowest <03045> (8804) all the wickedness <07451> which thine heart <03824> is privy to <03045> (8804)_, that thou didst <06213> (8804) to David <01732> my father <01>_: therefore the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> (8689) thy wickedness <07451> upon thine own head <07218>_;
45And king <04428> Solomon <08010> [shall be] blessed <01288> (8803)_, and the throne <03678> of David <01732> shall be established <03559> (8737) before <06440> the LORD <03068> for <05704> ever <05769>_.
46So the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>_; which went out <03318> (8799)_, and fell <06293> (8799) upon him, that he died <04191> (8799)_. And the kingdom <04467> was established <03559> (8738) in the hand <03027> of Solomon <08010>_.