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CHAP. II.
1 Dauid hauing giuen a charge to Solomon, 3 of religiousnesse, 5 of Ioab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solomon succeedeth. 13 Adoniiah, mouing Bath-sheba to sue vnto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death. 26 Abiathar hauing his life giuen him, is depriued of the Priesthood. 28 Ioab fleeing to the hornes of the Altar, is there slaine. 35 Benaiah is put in Ioabs roume, and Zadok in Abiathars. 36 Shimei confined to Ierusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is put to death.
1 Now the dayes of Dauid drew nigh, that he should die, and he charged Solomon his sonne, saying;
2 I goe the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man.
3 And keepe the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, to keepe his Statutes, and his Commandements, & his Iudgements, and his Testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoeuer thou turnest thy selfe:3
4 That the Lord may continue his word which hee spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heede to their way, to walke before mee in trueth, with all their heart, and with all their soule, there shall not faile thee (sayd hee) a man on the throne of Israel.4
5 Moreouer thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to mee, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether, whom hee slewe, and shed the blood of warre in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feet.5
6 Doe therefore according to thy wisedome, and let not his hoare head goe downe to the graue in peace.
7 But shewe kindnesse vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eate at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.7
8 And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the sonne of Gera, a Beniamite of Bahurim, which cursed mee with a grieuous curse, in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iordane, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.8
10 So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.10
11 And the dayes that Dauid raigned ouer Israel, were fourty yeeres: seuen yeeres raigned hee in Hebron, and thirty and three yeeres raigned hee in Ierusalem.11
12 ¶ Then sate Solomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was established greatly.12
14 He said moreouer, I haue somewhat to say vnto thee. And she saide, Say on.
16 And now I aske one petition of thee, deny me not. And she saide vnto him, Say on.16
18 And Bathsheba said, Wel, I will speake for thee vnto the king.
21 And she saide, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adoniiah thy brother to wife.
24 Now therefore as the Lord liueth, which hath established mee, and set mee on the throne of Dauid my father, and who hath made me an house as he promised, Adoniiah shall be put to death this day.24
26 ¶ And vnto Abiathar the Priest saide the King, Get thee to Anathoth, vnto thine own fields, for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast bene afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.26
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from beeing Priest vnto the Lord: that hee might fulfill the word of the Lord, which hee spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.27
32 And the Lord shall returne his blood vpon his owne head, who fell vpon two men, more righteous and better then hee, and slew them with the sword, my father Dauid not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether, captaine of the hoste of Iudah.32
41 And it was told Solomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.
46 So the king commaunded Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, which went out, and fell vpon him, that he died, and the kingdome was established in the hand of Solomon.46
1 Kings Chapter 2 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Deut. 29. 9. iosh.1.7. , Or, doe wisely.
4 2. Sam. 7.12. , Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne.
5 2.Sam.3. 27. , 2.Sam. 20.10. , Heb. put.
7 2.Sam. 19.31.
8 2.Sam. 16.5. , Heb. strong , 2.Sam. 19.23.
10 Act 2. 29.and 13. 36.
11 2.Sam.5.4 1. chron.29 26,27.
12 2. Chron. 29.23.
16 Heb. turne not away my face.
24 2.Sam.7. 12,13.
26 Heb. a man of death.
27 1.Sam.2. 31,35.
32 2.Sam. 3.27. , 2.Sam.20. 10.
46 2.Chron. 1.1.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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