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1. When David's time to die was near, he told his son Solomon,
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1. Now the days H3117 of David H1732 drew nigh H7126 that he should die H4191 ; and he charged H6680 H853 Solomon H8010 his son H1121 , saying H559 ,
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2. "I am going the way of all the earth. So be strong. Show yourself to be a man.
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2. I H595 go H1980 the way H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776 : be thou strong H2388 therefore , and show H1961 thyself a man H376 ;
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3. Do what the Lord your God tells you. Walk in His ways. Keep all His Laws and His Word, by what is written in the Law of Moses. Then you will do well in all that you do and in every place you go.
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3. And keep H8104 H853 the charge H4931 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , to walk H1980 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 H853 the law H8451 of Moses H4872 , that H4616 thou mayest prosper H7919 in all H3605 that H834 thou doest H6213 , and whithersoever H3605 H834 H8033 thou turnest H6437 thyself:
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4. Then the Lord will keep His promise to me. He has said to me, 'Your sons must be careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul. If they do, you will never be without a man on the throne of Israel.'
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4. That H4616 the LORD H3068 may continue H6965 H853 his word H1697 which H834 he spoke H1696 concerning H5921 me, saying H559 , If H518 thy children H1121 take heed H8104 to H853 their way H1870 , to walk H1980 before H6440 me in truth H571 with all H3605 their heart H3824 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 , there shall not H3808 fail H3772 thee H559 (said he) a man H376 on H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 .
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5. Now you know what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me. You know what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel. He killed Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether in the time of peace as if it were in the time of war. He put the blood of war on his belt and on the shoes of his feet.
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5. Moreover H1571 thou H859 knowest H3045 also H853 what H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, and what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 captains H8269 of the hosts H6635 of Israel H3478 , unto Abner H74 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 H834 was about his loins H4975 , and in his shoes H5275 that H834 were on his feet H7272 .
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6. So act with wisdom. Do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
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6. Do H6213 therefore according to thy wisdom H2451 , and let not H3808 his hoar head H7872 go down H3381 to the grave H7585 in peace H7965 .
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7. But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. Let them be among those who eat at your table. For they helped me when I ran from your brother Absalom.
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7. But show H6213 kindness H2617 unto the sons H1121 of Barzillai H1271 the Gileadite H1569 , and let them be H1961 of those that eat H398 at thy table H7979 : for H3588 so H3651 they came H7126 to H413 me when I fled H1272 because H4480 H6440 of Absalom H53 thy brother H251 .
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8. See, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim. It was he who spoke bad words against me on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I promised him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
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8. And, behold H2009 , thou hast with H5973 thee Shimei H8096 the son H1121 of Gera H1617 , a Benjamite H1145 of Bahurim H4480 H980 , which H1931 cursed H7043 me with a grievous H4834 curse H7045 in the day H3117 when I went H1980 to Mahanaim H4266 : but he H1931 came down H3381 to meet H7125 me at Jordan H3383 , and I swore H7650 to him by the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , I will not H518 put thee to death H4191 with the sword H2719 .
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9. So do not let him go without being punished. For you are a wise man. You will know what you should do to him. Bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood."
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9. Now H6258 therefore hold him not guiltless H408 H5352 : for H3588 thou H859 art a wise H2450 man H376 , and knowest H3045 H853 what H834 thou oughtest to do H6213 unto him ; but his H853 hoar head H7872 bring thou down H3381 to the grave H7585 with blood H1818 .
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10. Then David died and was buried in the city of David.
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10. So David H1732 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 in the city H5892 of David H1732 .
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11. He had ruled over Israel forty years. Seven years he ruled in Hebron. And thirty-three years he ruled in Jerusalem.
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11. And the days H3117 that H834 David H1732 reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 were forty H705 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 .
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12. Solomon sat on the throne of his father David and things went well for the nation.
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12. Then sat H3427 Solomon H8010 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 his father H1 ; and his kingdom H4438 was established H3559 greatly H3966 .
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13. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Solomon's mother Bathsheba. She said, "Do you come in peace?" And he said, "Yes, in peace."
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13. And Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294 came H935 to H413 Bath H1339 -sheba the mother H517 of Solomon H8010 . And she said H559 , Comest H935 thou peaceably H7965 ? And he said H559 , Peaceably H7965 .
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14. Then he said, "I have something to say to you." And she said, "Speak."
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14. He said H559 moreover , I have somewhat to say H1697 unto H413 thee . And she said H559 , Say on H1696 .
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15. So he said, "You know that the nation was mine. All Israel thought I would be king. But the nation has become my brother's, for it was his from the Lord.
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15. And he said H559 , Thou H859 knowest H3045 that H3588 the kingdom H4410 was H1961 mine , and that all H3605 Israel H3478 set H7760 their faces H6440 on H5921 me , that I should reign H4427 : howbeit the kingdom H4410 is turned about H5437 , and is become H1961 my brother H251 's: for H3588 it was H1961 his from the LORD H4480 H3068 .
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16. Now I have one thing to ask of you. Do not say no to me." And she said to him, "Speak."
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16. And now H6258 I H595 ask H7592 one H259 petition H7596 of H4480 H854 thee, deny H7725 H853 H6440 me not H408 . And she said H559 unto H413 him , Say on H1696 .
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17. He said, "I beg you, speak to Solomon the king. For he will not say no to you. Ask him to give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife."
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17. And he said H559 , Speak H559 , I pray thee H4994 , unto Solomon H8010 the king H4428 , ( for H3588 he will not H3808 say thee nay H7725 H853 H6440 ,) that he give H5414 me H853 Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 to wife H802 .
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18. Bathsheba said, "Very well. I will speak to the king for you."
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18. And Bath H1339 -sheba said H559 , Well H2896 ; I H595 will speak H1696 for H5921 thee unto H413 the king H4428 .
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19. So Bathsheba went to speak to King Solomon for Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her, bowed in front of her, then sat on his throne. He had a seat brought in for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.
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19. Bath H1339 -sheba therefore went H935 unto H413 king H4428 Solomon H8010 , to speak H1696 unto him for H5921 Adonijah H138 . And the king H4428 rose up H6965 to meet H7122 her , and bowed himself H7812 unto her , and sat down H3427 on H5921 his throne H3678 , and caused a seat H3678 to be set H7760 for the king H4428 's mother H517 ; and she sat H3427 on his right hand H3225 .
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20. She said, "I am asking you for one small thing. Do not say no to me." And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother. I will not say no to you."
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20. Then she said H559 , I H595 desire H7592 one H259 small H6996 petition H7596 of H4480 thee; I pray thee , say me not nay H408 H7725 H853 H6440 . And the king H4428 said H559 unto her , Ask on H7592 , my mother H517 : for H3588 I will not H3808 say thee nay H7725 H853 H6440 .
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21. So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
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21. And she said H559 , Let H853 Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 be given H5414 to Adonijah H138 thy brother H251 to wife H802 .
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22. King Solomon answered his mother, "Why are you asking me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Ask me to give him the nation also! For he is my older brother. And Abiathar the religious leader and Joab the son of Zeruiah are on his side!"
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22. And king H4428 Solomon H8010 answered H6030 and said H559 unto his mother H517 , And why H4100 dost thou H859 ask H7592 H853 Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 for Adonijah H138 ? ask H7592 for him H853 the kingdom H4410 also; for H3588 he H1931 is mine H4480 elder H1419 brother H251 ; even for him , and for Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 , and for Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 .
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23. Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, "May God do so to me and more, if Adonijah has not asked for this against his own life.
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23. Then king H4428 Solomon H8010 swore H7650 by the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , God H430 do H6213 so H3541 to me , and more H3254 also H3541 , if H3588 Adonijah H138 have not spoken H1696 H853 this H2088 word H1697 against his own life H5315 .
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24. The Lord has given me my place on the throne of my father David. He has made me a house as He promised. And as the Lord lives, for sure Adonijah will be put to death today."
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24. Now H6258 therefore, as the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , which H834 hath established H3559 me , and set H3427 me on H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 my father H1 , and who H834 hath made H6213 me a house H1004 , as H834 he promised H1696 , Adonijah H138 shall be put to death H4191 this day H3117 .
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25. So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went to Adonijah and killed him.
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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 .
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26. Then the king said to Abiathar the religious leader, "Go to your own fields at Anathoth, for you should be put to death. But I will not have you killed at this time. Because you carried the special box of the Lord God in front of my father David. And you shared in all of my father's suffering."
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26. And unto Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 said H559 the king H4428 , Get H1980 thee to Anathoth H6068 , unto H5921 thine own fields H7704 ; for H3588 thou H859 art worthy H376 of death H4194 : but I will not H3808 at this H2088 time H3117 put thee to death H4191 , because H3588 thou didst bear H5375 H853 the ark H727 of the Lord H136 GOD H3068 before H6440 David H1732 my father H1 , and because H3588 thou hast been afflicted H6031 in all H3605 wherein H834 my father H1 was afflicted H6031 .
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27. So Solomon stopped Abiathar from being religious leader for the Lord any longer. This was done to keep the word of the Lord, which God had spoken about the family of Eli in Shiloh.
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27. So Solomon H8010 thrust out H1644 H853 Abiathar H54 from being H4480 H1961 priest H3548 unto the LORD H3068 ; that he might fulfill H4390 H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he spoke H1696 concerning H5921 the house H1004 of Eli H5941 in Shiloh H7887 .
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28. Now the news came to Joab. For Joab had followed Adonijah, but he had not followed Absalom. And Joab ran to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar.
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28. Then tidings H8052 came H935 to H5704 Joab H3097 : for H3588 Joab H3097 had turned H5186 after H310 Adonijah H138 , though he turned H5186 not H3808 after H310 Absalom H53 . And Joab H3097 fled H5127 unto H413 the tabernacle H168 of the LORD H3068 , and caught hold H2388 on the horns H7161 of the altar H4196 .
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29. King Solomon was told that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord, and was beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go and kill him."
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29. And it was told H5046 king H4428 Solomon H8010 that H3588 Joab H3097 was fled H5127 unto H413 the tabernacle H168 of the LORD H3068 ; and, behold H2009 , he is by H681 the altar H4196 . Then Solomon H8010 sent H7971 H853 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 , saying H559 , Go H1980 , fall H6293 upon him.
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30. Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord. He said to Joab, "The king says to come out." But Joab said, "No! I will die here." So Benaiah returned to the king and said, "This is what Joab said. This is how he answered me."
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30. And Benaiah H1141 came H935 to H413 the tabernacle H168 of the LORD H3068 , and said H559 unto H413 him, Thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 , Come forth H3318 . And he said H559 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 I will die H4191 here H6311 . And Benaiah H1141 brought H7725 H853 the king H4428 word H1697 again, saying H559 , Thus H3541 said H1696 Joab H3097 , and thus H3541 he answered H6030 me.
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31. The king said to him, "Do as he has said. Kill him and bury him. In this way you will take away from me and my father's house the blood of those killed by Joab without a reason.
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31. And the king H4428 said H559 unto him, Do H6213 as H834 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 H834 Joab H3097 shed H8210 , from H4480 H5921 me , and from H4480 H5921 the house H1004 of my father H1 .
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32. The Lord will return Joab's acts of killing upon his own head. Because Joab killed two men who were right and good and better than he. He killed them with the sword while my father David did not know it. He killed Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
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32. And the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 H853 his blood H1818 upon H5921 his own head H7218 , who H834 fell H6293 upon two H8147 men H376 more righteous H6662 and better H2896 than H4480 he , and slew H2026 them with the sword H2719 , my father H1 David H1732 not H3808 knowing H3045 thereof, to wit , H853 Abner H74 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 .
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33. So their blood will be on the head of Joab and on the head of his children forever. But may there be peace from the Lord forever to David and his children, his house and his throne."
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33. Their blood H1818 shall therefore return H7725 upon the head H7218 of Joab H3097 , and upon the head H7218 of his seed H2233 forever H5769 : but upon David H1732 , and upon his seed H2233 , and upon his house H1004 , and upon his throne H3678 , shall there be H1961 peace H7965 forever H5704 H5769 from H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 .
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34. Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and killed Joab. He was buried at his own house in the desert.
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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 .
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35. The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab's place. And the king put Zadok the religious leader in the place of Abiathar.
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35. And the king H4428 put H5414 H853 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 in his room H8478 over H5921 the host H6635 : and Zadok H6659 the priest H3548 did the king H4428 put H5414 in the room H8478 of Abiathar H54 .
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36. Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there. Do not leave there.
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36. And the king H4428 sent H7971 and called H7121 for Shimei H8096 , and said H559 unto him, Build H1129 thee a house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389 , and dwell H3427 there H8033 , and go not forth H3808 H3318 thence H4480 H8033 any H575 whither H575 .
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37. For on the day you go out and cross the river Kidron, you will know for sure that you will die. Your blood will be on your own head."
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37. For it shall be H1961 , that on the day H3117 thou goest out H3318 , and passest over H5674 H853 the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 , thou shalt know H3045 for certain H3045 that H3588 thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 : thy blood H1818 shall be H1961 upon thine own head H7218 .
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38. Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
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38. And Shimei H8096 said H559 unto the king H4428 , The saying H1697 is good H2896 : as H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 hath said H1696 , so H3651 will thy servant H5650 do H6213 . And Shimei H8096 dwelt H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 many H7227 days H3117 .
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39. But at the end of three years, two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was told, "See, your servants are in Gath."
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39. And it came to pass H1961 at the end H4480 H7093 of three H7969 years H8141 , that two H8147 of the servants H5650 of Shimei H8096 ran away H1272 unto H413 Achish H397 son H1121 of Maachah H4601 king H4428 of Gath H1661 . And they told H5046 Shimei H8096 , saying H559 , Behold H2009 , thy servants H5650 be in Gath H1661 .
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40. Then Shimei got up and made his donkey ready to travel. And he went to Achish in Gath to look for his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
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40. And Shimei H8096 arose H6965 , and saddled H2280 H853 his ass H2543 , and went H1980 to Gath H1661 to H413 Achish H397 to seek H1245 H853 his servants H5650 : and Shimei H8096 went H1980 , and brought H935 H853 his servants H5650 from Gath H4480 H1661 .
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41. Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
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41. And it was told H5046 Solomon H8010 that H3588 Shimei H8096 had gone H1980 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 to Gath H1661 , and was come again H7725 .
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42. So the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you promise by the Lord and tell you of danger, saying, 'You will know for sure that on the day you leave and go anywhere, you will die'? And you said to me, 'What you have said is good.'
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42. And the king H4428 sent H7971 and called H7121 for Shimei H8096 , and said H559 unto H413 him , Did I not H3808 make thee to swear H7650 by the LORD H3068 , and protested H5749 unto thee, saying H559 , Know for a certain H3045 H3045 , on the day H3117 thou goest out H3318 , and walkest abroad H1980 any H575 whither H575 , that H3588 thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 ? and thou saidst H559 unto H413 me , The word H1697 that I have heard H8085 is good H2896 .
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43. Then why have you not kept the promise of the Lord? Why have you not done what I told you?"
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43. Why H4069 then hast thou not H3808 kept H8104 H853 the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068 , and the commandment H4687 that H834 I have charged H6680 thee H5921 with?
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44. And the king said to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the bad things you did to my father David. So the Lord will return your sin upon your own head.
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44. The king H4428 said H559 moreover to H413 Shimei H8096 , Thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 all H3605 the wickedness H7451 which H834 thine heart H3824 is privy to H3045 , that H834 thou didst H6213 to David H1732 my father H1 : therefore the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 H853 thy wickedness H7451 upon thine own head H7218 ;
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45. But good will come to King Solomon. The throne of David will keep its place before the Lord forever."
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45. And king H4428 Solomon H8010 shall be blessed H1288 , and the throne H3678 of David H1732 shall be H1961 established H3559 before H6440 the LORD H3068 forever H5704 H5769 .
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46. So the king told Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and killed Shimei. The nation was put under the rule of Solomon.
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46. So the king H4428 commanded H6680 H853 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 .
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