1 Kings 2

1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 3And keep the charge of the Yahuah your Elohim, 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 you mayest prosper in all that you doest, and whithersoever you turnest thyself: 4That the Yahuah may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If your 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 you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5Moreover you knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, 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 about his loins, and in his shoes that on his feet. 6Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother. 8And, behold, with you 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 Yahuah, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. 9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you a wise man, and knowest what you oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood. 10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11And the days that David reigned over Israel forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 12Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest you peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto you. And she said, Say on. 15And he said, you knowest that the kingdom was mine, and 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 Yahuah. 16And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17And he said, Speak, I pray you, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say you no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you unto the king. 19Bathsheba 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. 20Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; , say me not no. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say you no. 21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife. 22And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23Then king Solomon sware by the Yahuah, saying, Elohim do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24Now therefore, the Yahuah liveth, which has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. 26And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, unto your own fields; for you worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Yahuah; that he might fulfil the word of the Yahuah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Yahuah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Yahuah; and, behold, by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Yahuah, and said unto him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, no; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that you mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32And the Yahuah 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 , 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 Yahuah. 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 you an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any where. 37For it shall be, on the day you goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, you shall know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be upon your own head. 38And Shimei said unto the king, The saying good: as my lord the king has said, so will your 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, your servants 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 you to swear by the Yahuah, and protested unto you, saying, Know for a certain, on the day you goest out, and walkest abroad any where, that you shall surely die? and you saidst unto me, The word I have heard good. 43Why then hast you not kept the oath of the Yahuah, and the commandment that I have charged you with? 44The king said moreover to Shimei, you knowest all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you didst to David my father: therefore the Yahuah shall return your wickedness upon your own head; 45And king Solomon blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Yahuah 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.