1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Kings 2

1 David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3 of religiousness, 5 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solomon succeedeth. 13 Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death. 26 Abiathar, having his life given to him, is deprived of the priesthood. 28 Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar is there slain. 35 Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadok in Abiathar's. 36 Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is put to death.

 2:1 As David’s 1732 time 3117 to die 4191 drew 7126 near 7126, he charged 6680 Solomon 8010 his son 1121, saying 559,

 2:2 “I am going 1980 the way 1870 of all 3605 the earth 776. Be strong 2388, therefore, and show 1961 yourself a man 376.

 2:3 “Keep 8104 the charge 4931 of the LORD 3068 your God 430, to walk 1980 in His ways 1870, to keep 8104 His statutes 2708, His commandments 4687, His ordinances 4941, and His testimonies 5715, according to what is written 3789 in the Law 8451 of Moses 4872, that you may succeed 7919a in all 3605 that you do 6213a and wherever 3605 834 8033 you turn 6437,

 2:4 so 4616 that the LORD 3068 may carry 6965 out His promise 1697 which 834 He spoke 1696 concerning 5921 me, saying 559, ‘If 518 your sons 1121 are careful 8104 of their way 1870, to walk 1980 before 6440 Me in truth 571 with all 3605 their heart 3824 and with all 3605 their soul 5315, you shall not lack 3772 a man 376 on the throne 3678 of Israel 3478.’

 2:5 ¶ “Now you also 1571 know 3045 what 834 Joab 3097 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870 did 6213a to me, what 834 he did 6213a to the two 8147 commanders 8269 of the armies 6635 of Israel 3478, to Abner 74 the son 1121 of Ner 5369, and to Amasa 6021 the son 1121 of Jether 3500, whom he killed 2026; he also shed 7760 the blood 1818 of war 4421 in peace 7965. And he put 5414 the blood 1818 of war 4421 on his belt 2290b about his waist 4975, and on his sandals 5275 on his feet 7272.

 2:6 “So act 6213a according to your wisdom 2451, and do not let his gray 7872 hair 7872 go 3381 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 in peace 7965.

 2:7 “But show 6213a kindness 2617a to the sons 1121 of Barzillai 1271 the Gileadite 1569, and let them be among those who eat 398 at your table 7979; for they assisted 7126 me when I fled 1272 from Absalom 53 your brother 251.

 2:8 “Behold 2009, there is with you Shimei 8096 the son 1121 of Gera 1617 the Benjamite 1145, of Bahurim 980; now it was he who cursed 7043 me with a violent 4834 curse 7045 on the day 3117 I went 1980 to Mahanaim 4266. But when he came 3381 down 3381 7122 to me at the Jordan 3383, I swore 7650 to him by the LORD 3068, saying 559, ‘I will not put 4191 you to death 4191 with the sword 2719.’

 2:9 “Now 6258 therefore, do not let him go 5352 unpunished 5352, for you are a wise 2450 man 376; and you will know 3045 what 834 you ought to do 6213a to him, and you will bring 3381 his gray 7872 hair 7872 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 with blood 1818.”

 2:10 ¶ Then David 1732 slept 7901 with his fathers 1 and was buried 6912 in the city 5892b of David 1732.

 2:11 The days 3117 that David 1732 reigned 4427a over 5921 Israel 3478 [were] forty 705 years 8141: seven 7651 years 8141 he reigned 4427a in Hebron 2275a and thirty-three 7970 7969 years 8141 he reigned 4427a in Jerusalem 3389.

 2:12 And Solomon 8010 sat 3427 on the throne 3678 of David 1732 his father 1, and his kingdom 4438 was firmly 3966 established 3559.

 2:13 ¶ Now Adonijah 138 the son 1121 of Haggith 2294 came 935 to Bathsheba 1339 the mother 517 of Solomon 8010. And she said 559, “Do you come 935 peacefully 7965?” And he said 559, “Peacefully 7965.”

 2:14 Then he said 559, “I have something 1697 [to say] to you.” And she said 559, “Speak 1696.”

 2:15 So he said 559, “You know 3045 that the kingdom 4410 was mine and that all 3605 Israel 3478 expected 7760 6440 me to be king 4427a; however, the kingdom 4410 has turned 5437 about 5437 and become 1961 my brother’s 251, for it was his from the LORD 3068.

 2:16 “Now 6258 I am making 7592 one 259 request 7596 of you; do not refuse 7725 me.” And she said 559 to him, “Speak 1696.”

 2:17 Then he said 559, “Please 4994 speak 559 to Solomon 8010 the king 4428, for he will not refuse 7725 you, that he may give 5414 me Abishag 49 the Shunammite 7767 as a wife 802.”

 2:18 Bathsheba 1339 said 559, “Very 2896a well 2896a; I will speak 1696 to the king 4428 for you.”

 2:19 ¶ So Bathsheba 1339 went 935 to King 4428 Solomon 8010 to speak 1696 to him for Adonijah 138. And the king 4428 arose 6965 to meet 7122 her, bowed 7812 before her, and sat 3427 on his throne 3678; then he had a throne 3678 set 7760 for the king’s 4428 mother 517, and she sat 3427 on his right 3225.

 2:20 Then she said 559, “I am making 7592 one 259 small 6996a request 7596 of you; do not refuse 7725 me.” And the king 4428 said 559 to her, “Ask 7592, my mother 517, for I will not refuse 7725 you.”

 2:21 So she said 559, “Let Abishag 49 the Shunammite 7767 be given 5414 to Adonijah 138 your brother 251 as a wife 802.”

 2:22 King 4428 Solomon 8010 answered 6030a and said 559 to his mother 517, “And why 4100 are you asking 7592 Abishag 49 the Shunammite 7767 for Adonijah 138? Ask 7592 for him also the kingdom 4410—for he is my older 1419 brother 251—even for him, for Abiathar 54 the priest 3548, and for Joab 3097 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870!”

 2:23 Then King 4428 Solomon 8010 swore 7650 by the LORD 3068, saying 559, “May God 430 do 6213a so 3541 to me and more 3254 also 3541, if 3588 Adonijah 138 has not spoken 1696 this 2088 word 1697 against his own life 5315.

 2:24 “Now 6258 therefore, as the LORD 3068 lives 2416a, who 834 has established 3559 me and set 3427 me on the throne 3678 of David 1732 my father 1 and who 834 has made 6213a me a house 1004 as He promised 1696, surely 3588 Adonijah 138 shall be put 4191 to death 4191 today 3117.”

 2:25 So King 4428 Solomon 8010 sent 7971 Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077; and he fell 6293 upon him so that he died 4191.

 2:26 ¶ Then to Abiathar 54 the priest 3548 the king 4428 said 559, “Go 1980 to Anathoth 6068 to your own field 7704, for you deserve 376 to die 4194; but I will not put 4191 you to death 4191 at this 2088 time 3117, because 3588 you carried 5375 the ark 727 of the Lord 136 GOD 3068 before 6440 my father 1 David 1732, and because 3588 you were afflicted 6031a in everything 3605 with which 834 my father 1 was afflicted 6031a.”

 2:27 So Solomon 8010 dismissed 1644 Abiathar 54 from being 1961 priest 3548 to the LORD 3068, in order to fulfill 4390 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, which 834 He had spoken 1696 concerning 5921 the house 1004 of Eli 5941 in Shiloh 7887.

 2:28 ¶ Now the news 8052 came 935 to Joab 3097, for Joab 3097 had followed 5186 310 Adonijah 138, although he had not followed 310 5186 Absalom 53. And Joab 3097 fled 5127 to the tent 168 of the LORD 3068 and took 2388 hold 2388 of the horns 7161 of the altar 4196.

 2:29 It was told 5046 King 4428 Solomon 8010 that Joab 3097 had fled 5127 to the tent 168 of the LORD 3068, and behold 2009, he is beside 681a the altar 4196. Then Solomon 8010 sent 7971 Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077, saying 559, “Go 1980, fall 6293 upon him.”

 2:30 So Benaiah 1141 came 935 to the tent 168 of the LORD 3068 and said 559 to him, “Thus 3541 the king 4428 has said 559, ‘Come 3318 out.’” But he said 559, “No 3808, for I will die 4191 here 6311.” And Benaiah 1141 brought 7725 the king 4428 word 1697 again 7725, saying 559, “Thus 3541 spoke 1696 Joab 3097, and thus 3541 he answered 6030a me.”

 2:31 The king 4428 said 559 to him, “Do 6213a as he has spoken 1696 and fall 6293 upon him and bury 6912 him, that you may remove 5493 from me and from my father’s 1 house 1004 the blood 1818 which 834 Joab 3097 shed 8210 without 2600 cause 2600.

 2:32 “The LORD 3068 will return 7725 his blood 1818 on his own head 7218, because 834 he fell 6293 upon two 8147 men 376 more 4480 righteous 6662 and better 2896a than 4480 he and killed 2026 them with the sword 2719, while my father 1 David 1732 did not know 3045 [it]: Abner 74 the son 1121 of Ner 5369, commander 8269 of the army 6635 of Israel 3478, and Amasa 6021 the son 1121 of Jether 3500, commander 8269 of the army 6635 of Judah 3063.

 2:33 “So shall their blood 1818 return 7725 on the head 7218 of Joab 3097 and on the head 7218 of his descendants 2233 forever 5769; but to David 1732 and his descendants 2233 and his house 1004 and his throne 3678, may there be peace 7965 from the LORD 3068 forever 5704 5769.”

 2:34 Then Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077 went 5927 up and fell 6293 upon him and put 4191 him to death 4191, and he was buried 6912 at his own house 1004 in the wilderness 4057b.

 2:35 The king 4428 appointed 5414 Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077 over 5921 the army 6635 in his place 8478, and the king 4428 appointed 5414 Zadok 6659 the priest 3548 in the place 8478 of Abiathar 54.

 2:36 ¶ Now the king 4428 sent 7971 and called 7121 for Shimei 8096 and said 559 to him, “Build 1129 for yourself a house 1004 in Jerusalem 3389 and live 3427 there 8033, and do not go 3318 out from there 8033 to any 575 place 575.

 2:37 “For on the day 3117 you go 3318 out and cross 5674a over 5674a the brook 5158a Kidron 6939, you will know 3045 for certain 3045 that you shall surely 4191 die 4191; your blood 1818 shall be on your own head 7218.”

 2:38 Shimei 8096 then said 559 to the king 4428, “The word 1697 is good 2896a. As my lord 113 the king 4428 has said 1696, so 3651 your servant 5650 will do 6213a.” So Shimei 8096 lived 3427 in Jerusalem 3389 many 7227a days 3117.

 2:39 ¶ But it came 1961 about at the end 7093 of three 7969 years 8141, that two 8147 of the servants 5650 of Shimei 8096 ran 1272 away 1272 to Achish 397 son 1121 of Maacah 4601, king 4428 of Gath 1661. And they told 5046 Shimei 8096, saying 559, “Behold 2009, your servants 5650 are in Gath 1661.”

 2:40 Then Shimei 8096 arose 6965 and saddled 2280 his donkey 2543, and went 1980 to Gath 1661 to Achish 397 to look 1245 for his servants 5650. And Shimei 8096 went 1980 and brought 935 his servants 5650 from Gath 1661.

 2:41 It was told 5046 Solomon 8010 that Shimei 8096 had gone 1980 from Jerusalem 3389 to Gath 1661, and had returned 7725.

 2:42 So the king 4428 sent 7971 and called 7121 for Shimei 8096 and said 559 to him, “Did I not make you swear 7650 by the LORD 3068 and solemnly 5749b warn 5749b you, saying 559, ‘You will know 3045 for certain 3045 that on the day 3117 you depart 3318 and go 1980 anywhere 575, you shall surely 4191 die 4191’? And you said 559 to me, ‘The word 1697 which I have heard 8085 is good 2896a.’

 2:43 “Why 4069 then have you not kept 8104 the oath 7621 of the LORD 3068, and the command 4687 which 834 I have laid 6680 on you?”

 2:44 The king 4428 also said 559 to Shimei 8096, “You know 3045 all 3605 the evil 7463a which 834 you acknowledge 3045 in your heart 3824, which 834 you did 6213a to my father 1 David 1732; therefore the LORD 3068 shall return 7725 your evil 7463a on your own head 7218.

 2:45 “But King 4428 Solomon 8010 shall be blessed 1288, and the throne 3678 of David 1732 shall be established 3559 before 6440 the LORD 3068 forever 5704 5769.”

 2:46 So the king 4428 commanded 6680 Benaiah 1141 the son 1121 of Jehoiada 3077, and he went 3318 out and fell 6293 upon him so that he died 4191. ¶ Thus the kingdom 4467 was established 3559 in the hands 3027 of Solomon 8010.