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Chapter 2.

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Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die, and he charged Solomon his

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son, saying, I go the way of all the
earth.

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Be thou strong therefore, and show thyself
a man, and keep the charge of the Lord thy

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God, to walk in his ways, to keep his
statutes, and his commandments,

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and his judgments, and his testimonies,
as it is written in the law of Moses.

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That thou mayest prosper in all that thou
doest, and whithersoever thou turnest

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thyself.

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That the Lord may continue his word which
he spake concerning me, saying,

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If thy children take heed to their way,
to walk before me in truth, with all their

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heart and with all their soul,
there shall not fail thee, said he,

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a man on the throne of Israel.

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Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the
son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did

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to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner,

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and unto Emesa the son of Jether,
whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in

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peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins,

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and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his whorehead go down to the

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grave in peace, but show kindness unto the
sons of Bezillai the Gileadite,

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and let them be of those that eat at thy
table.

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For so they came to me when I fled because
of Absalom thy brother.

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And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the
son of Gerah, a Benjamite of Behiram,

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which cursed me with a grievous curse in
the day when I went to Mahanaim.

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But he came down to meet me at Jordan,
and I swear to him by the Lord,

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saying, I will not put thee to death with
the sword.

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Now therefore hold him not guiltless,
for thou art a wise man.

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And knowest what thou oughtest to do unto
him.

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But his whorehead bring thou down to the
grave with blood.

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So David slept with his fathers and was
buried in the city of David.

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And the days that David reigned over
Israel were forty years.

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Seven years reigned he in Hebron,
and thirty and three years reigned he in

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Jerusalem.

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Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David
his father, and his kingdom was

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established greatly.

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And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon.

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And she said, Comest thou peaceably?

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And he said, Peaceably.

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He said moreover, I have somewhat to say
unto thee.

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And she said, Say on.

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And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom
was mine, and that all Israel set their

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faces on me, that I should reign.

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Howbeit the kingdom is turned about,
and is become my brother's, for it was his

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from the Lord.

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And now I ask one petition of thee,
deny me not.

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And she said unto him, Say on.

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And he said, Speak I pray thee unto
Solomon the king, for he will not say thee

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nay, that he give me Abishag the
Shunammite to wife.

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And Bathsheba said, Well I will speak for
thee unto the king.

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Bathsheba therefore went unto King Solomon
to speak unto him for Adonijah.

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And the king rose up to meet her,
and bowed himself unto her, and sat down

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on his throne, and caused the seat to be
set for the king's mother.

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And she sat on his right hand.

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Then she said, I desire one small petition
of thee.

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I pray thee, say me not nay.

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And the king said unto her, Ask on my
mother, for I will not say thee nay.

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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite
be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

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And King Solomon answered and said unto
his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag

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the Shunammite for Adonijah?

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Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is
mine elder brother.

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Even for him, and for Abiathar the priest,
and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

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Then King Solomon swear by the Lord,
saying, God do so to me, and more also if

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Adonijah had not spoken this word against
his own life.

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Now therefore, as the Lord liveth which
hath established me, and set me on the

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throne of David my father, and who hath
made me in house, as he promised,

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Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

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And King Solomon sent by the hand of
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell

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upon him that he died.

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And unto Abiathar the priest said the
king, Get thee to Anathoth unto thine own

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fields, for thou art worthy of death.

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But I will not at this time put thee to
death, because thou bearest the ark of the

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Lord God before David my father,
and because thou hast been afflicted in

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all wherein my father was afflicted.

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So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being
priest unto the Lord, that he might fulfil

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the word of the Lord, which he spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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Then tidings came to Joab, for Joab had
turned after Adonijah, though he turned

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not after Absalom.

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And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the

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altar.

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And it was told King Solomon that Joab was
fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord.

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And behold, he is by the altar.

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Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

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And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the
Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the

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king, Come forth.

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And he said, Nay, but I will die here.

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And Benaiah brought the king word again,
saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he

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answered me.

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And the king said unto him, Do as he hath
said, and fall upon him, and bury him,

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that thou mayest take away the innocent
blood which Joab shed from me and from the

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house of my father.

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And the Lord shall return his blood upon
his own head, who fell upon two men more

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righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David not

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knowing thereof.

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To Wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of
the host of Israel, and Masa the son of

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Jether, captain of the host of Judah,
their blood shall therefore return upon

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the head of Joab, and upon the head of his
seed for ever.

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But upon David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne,

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shall there be peace for ever from the
Lord.

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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,
and fell upon him, and slew him.

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And he was buried in his own house in the
wilderness.

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And the king put Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada in his room over the host.

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And Zadok the priest did the king put in
the room of Obiepha.

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And the king sent and called for Shimei,
and said unto him, Build thee an house in

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Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not
forth thence any whither.

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For it shall be that on the day thou goest
out, and passest over the brook Kidron,

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thou shalt know for certain that thou
shalt surely die.

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Thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

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And Shimei said unto the king,
The saying is good.

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As my lord the king hath said,
so will thy servant do.

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And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

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And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei

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ran away unto Achish, son of Maica,
king of Gath.

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And they told Shimei, saying, Behold,
thy servants be in Gath.

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And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass,
and went to Gath to Achish to seek his

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servants.

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And Shimei went, and brought his servants
from Gath.

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And it was told Solomon that Shimei had
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come

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again.

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And the king sent and called for Shimei,
and said unto him, Did I not make thee to

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swear by the lord, and protested unto
thee, saying, No, for a certain,

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on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely

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die?

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And thou saidst unto me, The word that I
have heard is good?

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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
the lord, and the commandment that I have

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charged thee with?

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The king said moreover to Shimei,
Thou knowest all the wickedness which

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thine heart is privy to, that thou didst
to David my father.

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Therefore the lord shall return thy
wickedness upon thine own head,

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and king Solomon shall be blessed,
and the throne of David shall be

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established before the lord forever.

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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, which went out, and fell upon

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him, that he died.

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And the kingdom was established in the
hand of Solomon.