1Kings:2:1-12

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ylt @1Kings:2:1 @And draw near do the days of David to die , and he chargeth Solomon his son , saying , ylt @1Kings:2:2 @'I am going in the way of all the earth , and thou hast been strong , and become a man , ylt @1Kings:2:3 @and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God , to walk in His ways , to keep His statutes , His commands , and His judgments , and His testimonies , as it is written in the law of Moses , so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost , and whithersoever thou turnest , ylt @1Kings:2:4 @so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me , saying , If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth , with all their heart , and with all their soul ; saying , There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel . ylt @1Kings:2:5 @'And also , thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel , to Abner son of Ner , and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them , and maketh the blood of war in peace , and putteth the blood of war in his girdle , that [is ] on his loins , and in his sandals that [are ] on his feet ; ylt @1Kings:2:6 @and thou hast done according to thy wisdom , and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol . ylt @1Kings:2:7 @'And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness , and they have been among those eating at thy table , for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother . ylt @1Kings:2:8 @'And lo , with thee [is ] Shimei son of Gera , the Benjamite of Bahurim , and he reviled me -- a grievous reviling -- in the day of my going to Mahanaim ; and he hath come down to meet me at the Jordan , and I swear to him by Jehovah , saying , I do not put thee to death by the sword ; ylt @1Kings:2:9 @and now , acquit him not , for a wise man thou [art ], and thou hast known that which thou dost to him , and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol .' ylt @1Kings:2:10 @And David lieth down with his fathers , and is buried in the city of David , ylt @1Kings:2:11 @and the days that David hath reigned over Israel [are ] forty years , in Hebron he hath reigned seven years , and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years . ylt @1Kings:2:12 @And Solomon hath sat on the throne of David his father , and his kingdom is established greatly ,

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