1Kings:2:1-12

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* And the days of David were at hand that he should die ; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying , * I go the way of all the earth : be of good courage therefore , and be a man ; * and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God , to walk in his ways , to keep his statutes , and his commandments , and his ordinances , 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 ; * that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me , saying , If thy sons 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 upon the throne of Israel . * And thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me , what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel , to Abner the son of Ner , and to 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 upon his sandals that were on his feet . * And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom , and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace . * But shew kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite , and let them be of those that eat at thy table ; for so they came up to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother . * And behold , there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera , the Benjaminite of Bahurim , who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day that I went to Mahanaim ; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan , and I swore to him by Jehovah saying , I will not put thee to death with the sword . * And now hold him not guiltless ; for thou art a wise man , and thou shalt know what thou oughtest to do to him ; but bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood . * And David slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David . * And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years : he reigned seven years in Hebron , and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem . * And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father ; and his kingdom was established greatly .

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