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1 Kings

Chapter 2

KJV · Textus Receptus

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Asante Twi

1Na Dawid wu nna bɛneeɛ; na ɔhyɛɛ ne ba Solomon sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Merekɔ asase nyinaa kwan so: enti yɛ den, na yɛ wo ho sɛ ɔbarima;Under pastoral review
3Na di AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn ahyɛdeɛ so, sɛ wobɛnante n'akwan so, na woadi n'ahyɛdeɛ, ne ne mmara, ne n'atemmuo, ne n'adanseɛ so, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose mmara mu no, na woasi yie wɔ deɛ woyɛ nyinaa mu, ne baabiara a wobɛdane wo ho akɔ;Under pastoral review
4Na AWURADE ama n'asɛm a ɔka faa me ho no atim sɛ, Sɛ wo mma hwɛ wɔn kwan yie, na wɔde wɔn akoma nyinaa ne wɔn kra nyinaa nante m'anim nokorɛ mu a, ɔbarima rennhia wo wɔ Israel ahennwa so da.Under pastoral review
5Bio, wonim deɛ Yoab, Seruia babarima yɛɛ me nso, deɛ ɔyɛɛ Israel asraadɔm asafohene baanu, Abner, Ner babarima, ne Amasa, Yeter babarima, sɛ ɔkumm wɔn, na ɔhwiee ɔko mogya guiɛ asomdwoeɛ berɛ mu, na ɔde ɔko mogya guu n'abɔsoɔ a ɛbɔ n'asene mu ho, ne ne mpaboa a ɛhyɛ ne nan ho.Under pastoral review
6Enti yɛ sɛdeɛ wo nyansa teɛ, na mma ne dwono nnsiane nnkɔ damena mu asomdwoeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
7Na yɛ Barsilai, Gileadni mmammarima adɔeɛ, na ma wɔnka wɔn a wɔdidi wo ɛpono so no ho: efisɛ saa na wɔyɛɛ me ɛberɛ a medwane firii wo nua Absalom anim no.Under pastoral review
8Na hwɛ, Simei, Gera babarima, Benyaminni a ɔfiri Bahurim ka wo ho, deɛ ɔde nnome a ano yɛ den domee me ɛda a mekɔɔ Mahanaim no: nanso ɔsiane bɛhyiaa me wɔ Yordan, na mede AWURADE kaa ntam kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Merenkum wo akofena ano.Under pastoral review
9Na afei mmfa no nnyɛ deɛ ne ho nni asɛm: efisɛ woyɛ onyansafoɔ, na wonim deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ no: na fa ne dwono siane kɔ damena mu mogya mu.Under pastoral review
10Na Dawid ne n'agyanom kɔdaeɛ, na wɔsiee no wɔ Dawid kuro mu.Under pastoral review
11Na nna a Dawid dii Israel so yɛ mfeɛ aduanan: ɔdii adeɛ mfeɛ nson wɔ Hebron, na ɔdii adeɛ mfeɛ aduasa mmiɛnsa wɔ Yerusalem.Under pastoral review
12Afei Solomon tenaa n'agya Dawid ahennwa so; na n'ahennie timiiɛ yie.Under pastoral review
13Na Adoniya, Hagit ba baa Batseba, Solomon maame nkyɛn. Na ɔbisaa sɛ, Wobaa asomdwoeɛ mu anaa? Na ɔbuaa sɛ, Asomdwoeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
14Ɔkaa bio sɛ, Mewɔ asɛm bi ka kyerɛ wo. Na ɔkaa sɛ, Ka.Under pastoral review
15Na ɔkaa sɛ, Wonim sɛ na ahennie no yɛ me dea, na Israel nyinaa de wɔn ani too me so sɛ mɛdi ɔhene: nanso ahennie no adane abɛyɛ me nua dea: efisɛ ɛyɛ ne dea firi AWURADE nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
16Na afei adeɛ baako na mebisa wo, mmfa nkame me. Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Ka.Under pastoral review
17Na ɔkaa sɛ, Mesrɛ wo, ka kyerɛ ɔhene Solomon, (efisɛ ɔremfa nkame wo,) na ɔmfa Abisag, Sunamni baa mma me awadeɛ.Under pastoral review
18Na Batseba kaa sɛ, Ɛyɛ; mɛka ama wo akyerɛ ɔhene.Under pastoral review
19Ɛno nti Batseba kɔɔ ɔhene Solomon nkyɛn sɛ ɔrekɔkasa akyerɛ no ama Adoniya. Na ɔhene sɔre bɛhyiaa no, na ɔkotoo no, na ɔtenaa n'ahennwa so, na ɔmaa wɔde akonnwa bɛsii hɔ maa ɔhene maame; na ɔtenaa ne nifa so.Under pastoral review
20Afei ɔkaa sɛ, Adeɛ ketewa baako na mebisa wo; mmfa nkame me. Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Bisa, me maame: na meremfa nkame wo.Under pastoral review
21Na ɔkaa sɛ, Ma wɔmfa Abisag, Sunamni baa mma wo nua Adoniya awadeɛ.Under pastoral review
22Na ɔhene Solomon buaa ne maame sɛ, Na adɛn nti na wobisa Abisag, Sunamni baa ma Adoniya? bisa ahennie no nso ma no; efisɛ ɔyɛ me nua panin; ɛno mpo, ma ɔno, ne ɔsɔfoɔ Abiatar, ne Yoab, Seruia babarima.Under pastoral review
23Afei ɔhene Solomon de AWURADE kaa ntam sɛ, Onyankopɔn nyɛ me saa, na ɔmfa nka ho, sɛ Adoniya amfa n'ankasa ne kra anka saa asɛm yi a.Under pastoral review
24Na afei, sɛ AWURADE a wama matim, na ɔde me atena m'agya Dawid ahennwa so, na wayɛ efie ama me sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ bɔ no te ase yi, ɛnnɛ wɔbɛkum Adoniya.Under pastoral review
25Na ɔhene Solomon somaa Benaia, Yehoiada babarima; na ɔto hyɛɛ ne so ma ɔwuiɛ.Under pastoral review
26Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfoɔ Abiatar sɛ, Kɔ Anatot, w'ankasa wo mfuo mu; efisɛ wofata owuo: nanso merenkum wo saa berɛ yi, efisɛ wosoaa Awurade AWURADE aron no dii m'agya Dawid anim, na efisɛ wohunuu amane wɔ deɛ m'agya hunuu amane nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
27Enti Solomon pamoo Abiatar sɛ ɔnnyɛ ɔsɔfoɔ mma AWURADE; na wama AWURADE asɛm a ɔka faa Eli fie ho wɔ Silo no aba mu.Under pastoral review
28Afei nsɛm no duruu Yoab nkyɛn: efisɛ na Yoab adane adi Adoniya akyi, ɛwom sɛ wanni Absalom akyi deɛ. Na Yoab dwane kɔɔ AWURADE ntomadan mu, na ɔkɔsɔɔ afɔrebukyia mmɛn mu.Under pastoral review
29Na wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔhene Solomon sɛ Yoab adwane akɔ AWURADE ntomadan mu; na hwɛ, ɔwɔ afɔrebukyia no ho. Afei Solomon somaa Benaia, Yehoiada babarima sɛ, Kɔ, na to hyɛ ne so.Under pastoral review
30Na Benaia baa AWURADE ntomadan mu, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Sei na ɔhene seɛ, Firi adi bra. Na ɔkaa sɛ, Dabi; na ha na mɛwu. Na Benaia sane de asɛm no kɔmaa ɔhene sɛ, Sei na Yoab kaeɛ, na sei na ɔbuaa me.Under pastoral review
31Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Yɛ sɛdeɛ waka no, na to hyɛ ne so, na sie no; na woayi mogya a ɛdi bem a Yoab hwie guiɛ no afiri me so, ne m'agya fie so.Under pastoral review
32Na AWURADE bɛma ne mogya asane aba n'ankasa ne ti so, deɛ ɔto hyɛɛ mmarima baanu a wɔtene na wɔyɛ sene no so, na ɔde akofena kunkumm wɔn a m'agya Dawid nnim ho hwee no, Abner, Ner babarima, Israel asraadɔm safohene, ne Amasa, Yeter babarima, Yuda asraadɔm safohene.Under pastoral review
33Enti wɔn mogya bɛsane aba Yoab ti so, ne n'asefoɔ ti so daa: na Dawid deɛ, ne n'asefoɔ, ne ne fie, ne n'ahennwa deɛ, asomdwoeɛ bɛba hɔ daa afiri AWURADE nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
34Enti Benaia, Yehoiada babarima foro kɔeɛ, na ɔto hyɛɛ ne so, na ɔkumm no: na wɔsiee no wɔ n'ankasa ne fie wɔ ɛserɛ so.Under pastoral review
35Na ɔhene de Benaia, Yehoiada babarima sii n'ananmu wɔ asraadɔm so: na ɔhene de ɔsɔfoɔ Sadok sii Abiatar ananmu.Under pastoral review
36Na ɔhene soma kɔfrɛɛ Simei, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Kyekyere efie wɔ Yerusalem, na tena hɔ, na mfiri hɔ nnkɔ baabiara.Under pastoral review
37Na ɛbɛba sɛ, ɛda a wobɛfiri adi atwa asuwa Kidron no, hunu yie sɛ owuo, wobɛwu ampa: wo mogya bɛgu w'ankasa wo ti so.Under pastoral review
38Na Simei ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ, Asɛm no yɛ: sɛdeɛ me wura ɔhene aka no, saa na w'akoa bɛyɛ. Na Simei tenaa Yerusalem nna bebree.Under pastoral review
39Na ɛbaa mfeɛ mmiɛnsa awieeɛ sɛ, Simei nkoa no mu baanu dwane kɔɔ Akis, Maaka babarima, Gat hene nkyɛn. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Simei sɛ, Hwɛ, wo nkoa wɔ Gat.Under pastoral review
40Na Simei sɔreeɛ, na ɔhyehyɛɛ n'afunumu, na ɔkɔɔ Gat, Akis nkyɛn sɛ ɔrekɔhwehwɛ ne nkoa: na Simei kɔeɛ, na ɔde ne nkoa firii Gat baeɛ.Under pastoral review
41Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Solomon sɛ Simei afiri Yerusalem akɔ Gat, na wasane aba.Under pastoral review
42Na ɔhene soma kɔfrɛɛ Simei, na ɔbisaa no sɛ, Ɛnyɛ mede AWURADE maa wokaa ntam, na mebɔɔ wo kɔkɔ sɛ, Hunu yie sɛ ɛda a wobɛfiri adi akɔ baabiara no, owuo, wobɛwu ampa, na wokaa sɛ, Asɛm a mate no yɛ anaa?Under pastoral review
43Na adɛn nti na woanni AWURADE ntam no so, ne ahyɛdeɛ a mehyɛɛ wo no?Under pastoral review
44Ɔhene kaa bio kyerɛɛ Simei sɛ, Wonim amumuyɛ nyinaa a w'akoma nim, deɛ woyɛɛ m'agya Dawid: enti AWURADE bɛma w'amumuyɛ asane aba w'ankasa wo ti so;Under pastoral review
45Na wɔbɛhyira ɔhene Solomon, na Dawid ahennwa bɛtim wɔ AWURADE anim daa.Under pastoral review
46Enti ɔhene hyɛɛ Benaia, Yehoiada babarima; na ɔfirii adi kɔto hyɛɛ ne so, ma ɔwuiɛ. Na ahennie no timiiɛ wɔ Solomon nsam.Under pastoral review

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