1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 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 whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake 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. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto 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 in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But shew kindness unto 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. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which 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 sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 ¶ Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13 ¶ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 ¶ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee , say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26 ¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 ¶ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit , Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35 ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36 ¶ And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 adpropinquaverant autem dies David ut moreretur
praecepitque Salomoni filio suo dicens
2 ego ingredior viam universae terrae
confortare et esto vir
3 et observa custodias Domini Dei tui ut ambules in viis eius
et custodias caerimonias eius et praecepta eius
et iudicia et testimonia
sicut scriptum est in lege Mosi
ut intellegas universa quae facis et quocumque te verteris
4 ut confirmet Dominus sermones suos quos locutus est de me dicens
si custodierint filii tui viam suam
et ambulaverint coram me in veritate
in omni corde suo et in omni anima sua
non auferetur tibi vir de solio Israhel
5 tu quoque nosti quae fecerit mihi Ioab filius Sarviae
quae fecerit duobus principibus exercitus Israhel
Abner filio Ner et Amasa filio Iether
quos occidit et effudit sanguinem belli in pace
et posuit cruorem proelii in balteo suo qui erat circa lumbos eius
et in calciamento suo quod erat in pedibus eius
6 facies ergo iuxta sapientiam tuam
et non deduces canitiem eius pacifice ad inferos
7 sed et filiis Berzellai Galaaditis reddes gratiam
eruntque comedentes in mensa tua
occurrerunt enim mihi quando fugiebam a facie Absalom fratris tui
8 habes quoque apud te Semei filium Gera filii Iemini de Baurim
qui maledixit mihi maledictione pessima quando ibam ad Castra
sed quia descendit mihi in occursum cum transirem Iordanem
et iuravi ei per Dominum dicens non te interficiam gladio
9 tu noli pati esse eum innoxium
vir autem sapiens es et scies quae facias
ei
deducesque canos eius cum sanguine ad infernum
10 dormivit igitur David cum patribus suis
et sepultus est in civitate David
11 dies autem quibus regnavit David super Israhel
quadraginta anni sunt
in Hebron regnavit septem annis in Hierusalem triginta tribus
12 Salomon autem sedit super thronum David patris sui
et firmatum est regnum eius nimis
13 et ingressus est Adonias filius Aggith ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis
quae dixit ei pacificusne ingressus tuus
qui respondit pacificus
14 addiditque sermo mihi est ad te
cui ait loquere
et ille
15 tu inquit nosti quia meum erat regnum
et me proposuerat omnis Israhel sibi in regem
sed translatum est regnum et factum est fratris mei
a Domino enim constitutum est ei
16 nunc ergo petitionem unam deprecor a te
ne confundas faciem meam
quae dixit ad eum loquere
17 et ille ait precor ut dicas Salomoni regi
neque enim negare tibi quicquam potest
ut det mihi Abisag Sunamitin uxorem
18 et ait Bethsabee bene ego loquar pro te regi
19 venit ergo Bethsabee ad regem Salomonem
ut loqueretur ei pro Adonia
et surrexit rex in occursum eius
adoravitque eam et sedit super thronum suum
positus quoque est thronus matri regis
quae sedit ad dexteram eius
20 dixitque ei
petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te
ne confundas faciem meam
dixit ei rex pete mater mi
neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam
21 quae ait detur Abisag Sunamitis Adoniae fratri tuo uxor
22 responditque rex Salomon et dixit matri suae
quare postulas Abisag Sunamitin Adoniae
postula ei et regnum ipse est enim frater meus maior me
et habet Abiathar sacerdotem et Ioab filium Sarviae
23 iuravit itaque rex Salomon per Dominum dicens
haec faciat mihi Deus et haec addat
quia contra animam suam locutus est Adonias verbum hoc
24 et nunc vivit Dominus qui firmavit me
et conlocavit super solium David patris mei
et qui fecit mihi domum sicut locutus est
quia hodie occidetur Adonias
25 misitque rex Salomon per manum Banaiae filii Ioiadae
qui interfecit eum et mortuus est
26 Abiathar quoque sacerdoti dixit rex
vade in Anathot ad agrum tuum
es quidem vir mortis sed hodie te non
interficiam
quia portasti arcam Domini Dei coram David patre meo
et sustinuisti laborem in omnibus in quibus laboravit pater meus
27 eiecit ergo Salomon Abiathar ut non esset sacerdos Domini
ut impleretur sermo Domini
quem locutus est super domum Heli in Silo
28 venit autem nuntius ad Ioab
quod Ioab declinasset post Adoniam
et post Absalom non declinasset
fugit ergo Ioab in tabernaculum Domini
et adprehendit cornu altaris
29 nuntiatumque est regi Salomoni
quod fugisset Ioab in tabernaculum Domini et esset iuxta altare
misitque Salomon Banaiam filium Ioiadae dicens vade interfice eum
30 venit Banaias ad tabernaculum Domini et dixit ei
haec dicit rex egredere
qui ait non egrediar sed hic moriar
renuntiavit Banaias regi sermonem dicens
haec locutus est Ioab et haec respondit mihi
31 dixitque ei rex fac sicut locutus est et interfice eum et sepeli
et amovebis sanguinem innocentem qui effusus est a Ioab
a me et a domo patris mei
32 et reddat Dominus sanguinem eius super caput eius
quia interfecit duos viros iustos melioresque se
et occidit eos gladio patre meo David ignorante
Abner filium Ner principem militiae Israhel
et Amasa filium Iether principem exercitus Iuda
33 et revertetur sanguis illorum in caput Ioab
et in caput seminis eius in sempiternum
David autem et semini eius et domui et throno illius sit pax
usque in aeternum a Domino
34 ascendit itaque Banaias filius Ioiadae et adgressus eum interfecit
sepultusque est in domo sua in deserto
35 et constituit rex Banaiam filium Ioiadae pro eo super exercitum
et Sadoc sacerdotem posuit pro Abiathar
36 misit quoque rex et vocavit Semei dixitque ei
aedifica tibi domum in Hierusalem et habita ibi
et non egredieris inde huc atque illuc
37 quacumque autem die egressus fueris et transieris torrentem Cedron
scito te interficiendum
sanguis tuus erit super caput tuum
38 dixitque Semei regi bonus sermo
sicut locutus est dominus meus rex sic faciet servus tuus
habitavit itaque Semei in Hierusalem diebus multis
39 factum est autem post annos tres
ut fugerent servi Semei ad Achis filium Maacha regem Geth
nuntiatumque est Semei quod servi eius essent in Geth
40 et surrexit Semei et stravit asinum suum
ivitque in Geth ad Achis ad requirendos
servos suos
et adduxit eos de Geth
41 nuntiatum est autem Salomoni
quod isset Semei in Geth de Hierusalem et redisset
42 et mittens vocavit eum dixitque illi
nonne testificatus sum tibi per Dominum et praedixi tibi
quacumque die egressus ieris huc et illuc
scito te esse moriturum
et respondisti mihi bonus sermo audivi
43 quare ergo non custodisti iusiurandum Domini
et praeceptum quod praeceperam tibi
44 dixitque rex ad Semei
tu nosti omne malum cuius tibi conscium est cor tuum
quod fecisti David patri meo
reddidit Dominus malitiam tuam in caput tuum
45 et rex Salomon benedictus
et thronus David erit stabilis coram Domino usque in sempiternum
46 iussit itaque rex Banaiae filio Ioiadae
qui egressus percussit eum et mortuus est