rwbs - 1Kings:2:1-12

rwbs@1Kings:2:1 @ Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

rwbs@1Kings:2:2 @ I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

rwbs@1Kings:2:3 @ 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 wherever thou turnest thyself: (note:)prosper: or, do wisely(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:2:4 @ That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke 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. (note:)fail…: Hebrews. be cut off from thee from the throne(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:2:5 @ Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the armies 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 belt that about his loins, and in his shoes that on his feet. (note:)shed: Hebrews. put(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:2:6 @ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

rwbs@1Kings:2:7 @ But show kindness to 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.

rwbs@1Kings:2:8 @ And, behold, with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who 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 swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. (note:)grievous: Hebrews. strong(:note)

rwbs@1Kings:2:9 @ Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do to him; but his gray head do thou bring down to the grave with blood.

rwbs@1Kings:2:10 @ So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

rwbs@1Kings:2:11 @ And the days that David reigned over Israel forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

rwbs@1Kings:2:12 @ Then Solomon was seated upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.