1 Kings 2 (NET)

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1 Kings 2:1¹When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 47:29 Deut 31:14 1 Tim 1:18 1 Tim 6:13 2 Pet 1:13-15 2 Tim 4:1 2 Tim 4:6 Acts 20:28-31 Deut 3:28 Deut 31:23

1 Kings 2:2²“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:6-7 Eph 6:10 Josh 23:14 1 Cor 16:13 Deut 31:23 Heb 9:27 1 Chr 28:20 1 Tim 4:12 Deut 17:19-20 Deut 31:6-7

1 Kings 2:3³Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 29:9 Prov 3:1-4 Deut 17:18-20 Ps 119:2 1 Chr 22:12-13 Ps 1:2-3 1 Chr 29:19 2 Chr 31:20-21 Josh 1:7-8 1 Sam 18:14

1 Kings 2:4⁴and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised, ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 20:3 2 Sam 7:25 1 Kgs 8:25 Matt 22:37 Ps 132:11-12 John 15:9-10 Ps 89:29-37 1 Chr 17:11-15 1 Chr 22:9-11 1 Chr 28:5-7

1 Kings 2:5⁵“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down as if in battle; when he shed their blood, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 3:27 2 Sam 20:10 2 Sam 18:12 2 Sam 18:5 2 Sam 18:14 2 Sam 3:39 1 Kgs 1:18-19 1 Kgs 1:7 1 Kgs 2:32 2 Sam 17:25

1 Kings 2:6⁶Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:9 Eccl 8:11 Isa 48:22 Isa 57:21 Prov 20:26 Prov 28:17 Ps 37:37 1 Kgs 2:28-34 2 Kgs 22:20 Gen 42:38

1 Kings 2:7⁷“Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:27-29 2 Sam 9:7 2 Sam 19:31-40 2 Sam 9:10 2 Sam 15:13-15 2 Sam 19:28 Luke 12:37 Luke 22:28-30 Prov 27:10 Rev 3:20-21

1 Kings 2:8⁸“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:5-8 1 Kgs 2:36-46 Jer 4:2 2 Sam 19:16-23

1 Kings 2:9⁹But now don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:6 Gen 42:38 Gen 44:31 1 Kgs 3:12 1 Kgs 3:28 Exod 20:7 Exod 22:28 Job 9:28 Num 32:23

1 Kings 2:10¹⁰Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:29 Acts 13:36 1 Chr 29:28 1 Kgs 1:21 1 Kgs 11:43 1 Kgs 3:1 2 Sam 5:7 1 Chr 11:7

1 Kings 2:11¹¹David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 5:4-5 1 Chr 29:26-27

1 Kings 2:12¹²Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 1:1 1 Chr 29:23-25 1 Kgs 1:46 2 Sam 7:12-13 2 Sam 7:29 Ps 132:12 Ps 72:8-20 Ps 89:36-37

1 Kings 2:13¹³Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:17-18 1 Kgs 1:5-10 1 Kgs 1:50-53 1 Sam 16:4-5 2 Kgs 9:18-22 Luke 10:5-6

1 Kings 2:14¹⁴He added, “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:12 Luke 7:40

1 Kings 2:15¹⁵He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:9-10 1 Chr 28:5-7 1 Kgs 1:25 1 Kgs 1:5 2 Sam 16:18 2 Sam 7:12 Dan 2:22 Jer 27:5-8 Prov 21:30 2 Sam 12:24

1 Kings 2:16¹⁶Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” She said, “Go ahead and ask.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 30:7 Ps 132:10

1 Kings 2:17¹⁷He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:2-4 2 Sam 12:8 2 Sam 3:7

1 Kings 2:18¹⁸Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine; I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 14:15

1 Kings 2:19¹⁹So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 45:9 1 Kgs 15:13 Exod 20:12 Lev 19:3 Lev 19:32 Ps 110:1 Matt 25:33

1 Kings 2:20²⁰She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don’t refuse me.” He said, “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 14:13-14 John 15:16 John 2:3-4 Luke 11:9-10 Matt 10:35-36 Matt 11:24 Matt 18:19 Matt 20:20-21 Matt 7:7-11

1 Kings 2:21²¹She said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:3 2 Sam 16:21-22

1 Kings 2:22²²King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:2 1 Chr 3:5 1 Kgs 1:11 1 Kgs 1:24-25 1 Kgs 1:5-7 2 Sam 12:8 Jas 4:3 Mark 10:38 Matt 20:22

1 Kings 2:23²³King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ruth 1:17 Ps 140:9 Ps 64:8 1 Kgs 20:10 1 Sam 14:44 2 Kgs 6:31 2 Sam 19:13 2 Sam 3:35 2 Sam 3:9 Eccl 10:12

1 Kings 2:24²⁴Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:10 1 Chr 17:10 1 Chr 17:17 1 Chr 17:23 1 Chr 29:23 1 Kgs 1:29 1 Kgs 1:52 1 Kgs 10:9 1 Kgs 3:6-7 1 Sam 25:28

1 Kings 2:25²⁵King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 8:18 1 Kgs 2:31 1 Kgs 2:34 1 Kgs 2:46 1 Sam 15:33 2 Sam 1:15 2 Sam 4:12 Judg 8:20-21

1 Kings 2:26²⁶The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 21:18 1 Sam 22:20-23 1 Sam 26:16 2 Sam 15:24-29 Jer 1:1 Matt 10:42 1 Chr 15:11-12 1 Kgs 1:25 1 Kgs 1:7 1 Kgs 2:35

1 Kings 2:27²⁷Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest for the Lord, fulfilling the Lord’ s message that he had pronounced against the family of Eli in Shiloh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:27-36 1 Sam 3:12-14 Jer 7:12-14 Josh 18:1 Ps 78:60

1 Kings 2:28²⁸When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:50 1 Kgs 1:7 2 Sam 18:2 2 Sam 17:25 2 Sam 18:14-15 Deut 32:35 Exod 27:2

1 Kings 2:29²⁹When King Solomon heard that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:25 Exod 21:14 1 Kgs 2:31 1 Kgs 2:46 1 Pet 4:17 Ezek 9:6

1 Kings 2:30³⁰When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Kings 2:31³¹The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 21:8-9 Num 35:33 Exod 21:14 2 Sam 3:28 Prov 28:17 2 Kgs 9:26 Acts 28:4 Deut 19:12-13 Gen 9:5-6

1 Kings 2:32³²May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he —Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 9:24 2 Chr 21:13 Judg 9:57 Ps 7:16 1 Kgs 2:5 2 Sam 20:9-10 2 Sam 3:26-27 1 Kgs 2:44 1 Sam 15:28 2 Sam 17:25

1 Kings 2:33³³May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:32 Matt 27:25 2 Kgs 5:27 2 Sam 3:28-29 Isa 11:1-9 Isa 9:6-7 Luke 1:31-33 Luke 2:14 Prov 25:5 Ps 101:8

1 Kings 2:34³⁴So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:25 Josh 15:61 Matt 3:1 1 Kgs 2:31 1 Kgs 2:46 2 Chr 33:20 2 Kgs 21:18

1 Kings 2:35³⁵The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:27 1 Chr 24:3 1 Chr 29:22 1 Kgs 4:4 1 Chr 6:4-15 1 Chr 6:50-53 1 Sam 2:35 Acts 1:20 Job 34:24 Num 25:11-13

1 Kings 2:36³⁶Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but you may not leave there to go anywhere.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:8-9 2 Sam 16:5-9 1 Kgs 1:53 2 Sam 14:24 2 Sam 14:28 Prov 20:26 Prov 20:8

1 Kings 2:37³⁷If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die. You will be responsible for your own death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:16 2 Sam 15:23 Josh 2:19 2 Kgs 23:6 Ezek 18:13 John 18:1 Lev 20:9 1 Kgs 15:13 1 Kgs 2:31 1 Kgs 2:33

1 Kings 2:38³⁸Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:4 2 Kgs 20:19

1 Kings 2:39³⁹Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 21:10 1 Sam 27:2-3

1 Kings 2:40⁴⁰So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:15 Prov 15:27 1 Tim 6:10

1 Kings 2:41⁴¹When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Kings 2:42⁴²the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “You will recall that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:36-38 Luke 15:22 Luke 19:22 Ps 15:4

1 Kings 2:43⁴³Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 30:12 2 Sam 21:2 Eccl 8:2 Ezek 17:18-19 Rom 13:5

1 Kings 2:44⁴⁴Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The Lord will punish you for what you did.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:5-13 1 Sam 25:39 Ezek 17:19 Ps 7:16 1 John 3:20 1 Kgs 2:32-33 Hos 4:9 John 8:9 Prov 5:22 Rom 2:15

1 Kings 2:45⁴⁵But King Solomon will be empowered, and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 25:5 1 Kgs 2:24 1 Kgs 2:33-34 2 Sam 7:13 Isa 9:6-7 Ps 21:6 Ps 72:17

1 Kings 2:46⁴⁶The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:12 2 Chr 1:1 1 Kgs 2:45 Prov 29:4