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I Kings Chapter 2

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I Kings

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In this chapter David appoints his son Solomon as king and the people celebrate his coronation with great joy. The priests and the people offer gifts and sacrifices to honor the new ruler. The chapter highlights the transition from David’s reign to Solomon’s and the communal worship of the king.

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(1) Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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Genesis 47:29Deuteronomy 31:14Deuteronomy 33:1II Timothy 4:6II Peter 1:13II Peter 1:14II Peter 1:15Numbers 27:19Deuteronomy 3:28Deuteronomy 31:23Acts 20:28Acts 20:29

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Genesis 47:29II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(2) I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
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Joshua 23:14Job 16:22Job 30:23Psalms 89:48Hebrews 9:27Deuteronomy 17:19Deuteronomy 17:20Deuteronomy 31:6Joshua 1:6Joshua 1:7I Chronicles 28:20Ephesians 6:10

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Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(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:
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Deuteronomy 29:9Joshua 1:7Joshua 22:5I Chronicles 22:12I Chronicles 22:13I Chronicles 28:8I Chronicles 28:9I Chronicles 29:19Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:5Deuteronomy 4:8Deuteronomy 5:1

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Deuteronomy 30:16Deuteronomy 26:17I Kings 3:14I Kings 6:12I Kings 8:58II Kings 23:3

(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.
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Genesis 18:19Deuteronomy 7:12I Chronicles 28:9John 15:9John 15:10Jude 1:20Jude 1:21Jude 1:24II Samuel 7:11II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:14

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 8:25II Chronicles 6:16I Kings 6:12I Kings 9:5

(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.
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I Kings 1:7I Kings 1:18I Kings 1:19II Samuel 3:39II Samuel 18:5II Samuel 18:12II Samuel 18:14II Samuel 19:5II Samuel 19:6II Samuel 19:7II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 20:10

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I Kings 2:32Joshua 10:24II Chronicles 25:5Numbers 31:6I Samuel 8:12I Chronicles 5:18

(6) Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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I Kings 2:9Proverbs 20:26I Kings 2:28I Kings 2:29I Kings 2:30I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:32I Kings 2:33I Kings 2:34Genesis 9:6Numbers 35:33Proverbs 28:17

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I Kings 4:30

(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.
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II Samuel 17:27II Samuel 17:28II Samuel 17:29II Samuel 19:31II Samuel 19:32II Samuel 19:33II Samuel 19:34II Samuel 19:35II Samuel 19:36II Samuel 19:37II Samuel 19:38II Samuel 19:39

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Joshua 2:12II Samuel 2:6II Samuel 9:7II Samuel 10:2I Chronicles 19:2II Samuel 13:29

(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.
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I Kings 2:36I Kings 2:37I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40I Kings 2:41I Kings 2:42I Kings 2:43I Kings 2:44I Kings 2:45I Kings 2:46II Samuel 16:5

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II Samuel 19:16II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 19:15Malachi 2:2Galatians 3:13Joshua 4:7

(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.
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Exodus 20:7Exodus 22:28Job 9:28I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:28I Kings 2:6Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:31Numbers 32:23

(10) So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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I Kings 1:21I Chronicles 29:28Acts 2:29Acts 13:36I Kings 3:1I Kings 11:43II Samuel 5:7I Chronicles 11:7

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Genesis 49:31

(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.
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II Samuel 5:4I Chronicles 29:26I Chronicles 29:27

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I Chronicles 29:27II Samuel 5:5I Chronicles 3:4II Chronicles 20:31I Kings 14:21II Chronicles 12:13

(12) Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
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I Kings 1:46I Chronicles 29:23I Chronicles 29:24I Chronicles 29:25II Chronicles 1:1Psalms 132:12II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:29Psalms 72:8Psalms 72:9Psalms 72:10

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I Kings 2:19II Samuel 7:16I Kings 2:45I Chronicles 29:23II Chronicles 18:9Revelation 4:2

(13) And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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I Kings 1:5I Kings 1:6I Kings 1:7I Kings 1:8I Kings 1:9I Kings 1:10I Kings 1:50I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:52I Kings 1:53I Samuel 16:4I Samuel 16:5

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I Kings 1:11I Kings 2:19Luke 12:53I Kings 1:51I Kings 2:22I Samuel 16:4

(14) He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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II Samuel 14:12Luke 7:40

(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.
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I Kings 1:5I Kings 1:25II Samuel 15:6II Samuel 15:13II Samuel 16:18II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 12:24I Chronicles 22:9I Chronicles 22:10I Chronicles 28:5I Chronicles 28:6I Chronicles 28:7

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II Chronicles 29:6

(16) And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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Psalms 132:10Proverbs 30:7

(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.
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I Kings 1:2I Kings 1:3I Kings 1:4II Samuel 3:7II Samuel 12:8

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I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53I Kings 2:22II Chronicles 9:1

(18) And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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Proverbs 14:15

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II Kings 4:26

(19) Bathsheba 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.
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Exodus 20:12Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:32Psalms 45:9Psalms 110:1Matthew 25:33

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I Samuel 20:25Genesis 19:1I Kings 1:47Esther 5:1II Chronicles 18:9I Kings 1:11

(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.
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Matthew 20:20Matthew 20:21John 2:3John 2:4Matthew 7:7Matthew 7:8Matthew 7:9Matthew 7:10Matthew 7:11Matthew 18:19Matthew 10:35Matthew 10:36

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Luke 12:53Judges 19:23Matthew 5:37II Corinthians 1:17James 5:12I Kings 2:22

(21) And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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II Samuel 16:21II Samuel 16:22

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I Kings 2:22

(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.
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Matthew 20:22Mark 10:38James 4:3I Kings 1:5I Kings 1:6I Kings 1:7I Kings 1:11I Kings 1:24I Kings 1:25

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Luke 12:53Romans 14:10Deuteronomy 4:32Isaiah 7:11Luke 11:11John 16:23

(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.
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I Kings 20:10Ruth 1:17I Samuel 14:44II Samuel 3:9II Samuel 3:35II Samuel 19:13II Kings 6:31Psalms 64:8Psalms 140:9Proverbs 18:6Proverbs 18:7Ecclesiastes 10:12

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I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(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.
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I Kings 1:29I Kings 3:6I Kings 3:7I Kings 10:9I Chronicles 29:23II Chronicles 1:8II Chronicles 1:9Exodus 1:21I Samuel 25:28II Samuel 7:11II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13

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Revelation 4:10II Samuel 7:16I Kings 9:5Revelation 4:6

(25) And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:34I Kings 2:46Judges 8:20Judges 8:21I Samuel 15:33II Samuel 1:15II Samuel 4:12

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I Kings 2:46II Samuel 2:23I Kings 2:29Judges 5:27I Kings 2:34Ezekiel 11:13

(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.
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I Kings 2:35I Kings 1:7I Kings 1:25Joshua 21:18Isaiah 10:30Jeremiah 1:1I Samuel 26:16II Samuel 12:5I Samuel 22:20I Samuel 22:21I Samuel 22:22I Samuel 22:23

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Psalms 90:15Exodus 40:20I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10II Samuel 15:24

(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.
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I Samuel 2:30I Samuel 2:31I Samuel 2:32I Samuel 2:33I Samuel 2:34I Samuel 2:35I Samuel 2:36I Samuel 3:12I Samuel 3:13I Samuel 3:14Matthew 26:56John 12:38

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 5:8I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(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.
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I Kings 1:7Deuteronomy 32:35II Samuel 18:2II Samuel 18:14II Samuel 18:15I Kings 1:50Exodus 27:2

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II Samuel 18:22II Samuel 18:20II Samuel 2:14II Samuel 3:23II Samuel 3:29II Samuel 11:6

(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.
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Exodus 21:14Ezekiel 9:6I Peter 4:17I Kings 2:25I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:46

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I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1I Kings 2:28I Kings 11:40I Kings 1:39

(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.
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II Kings 7:4I Kings 2:28I Kings 2:29Deuteronomy 31:14II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(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.
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Exodus 21:14Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:6Numbers 35:33Deuteronomy 19:12Deuteronomy 19:13Deuteronomy 21:8Deuteronomy 21:9II Kings 9:26Proverbs 28:17Acts 28:4II Samuel 3:28

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Deuteronomy 30:20Genesis 23:6Revelation 3:18II Kings 24:4I Kings 2:28

(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.
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I Kings 2:44Genesis 4:11Judges 9:24Judges 9:57Psalms 7:16II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 20:10I Samuel 15:28II Samuel 4:11II Chronicles 21:13Esther 1:19II Samuel 3:26

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I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 14:50I Samuel 26:5II Samuel 2:8II Samuel 17:25II Kings 9:5

(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.
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I Kings 2:32II Samuel 3:29II Kings 5:27Psalms 101:8Psalms 109:6Psalms 109:7Psalms 109:8Psalms 109:9Psalms 109:10Psalms 109:11Psalms 109:12Psalms 109:13

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Jeremiah 33:26Genesis 26:4Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29Genesis 3:15

(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.
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I Kings 2:25I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:46II Kings 21:18II Chronicles 33:20Joshua 15:61Matthew 3:1

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(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.
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Job 34:24I Kings 2:27Numbers 25:11Numbers 25:12Numbers 25:13I Samuel 2:35I Chronicles 6:4I Chronicles 6:5I Chronicles 6:6I Chronicles 6:7I Chronicles 6:8I Chronicles 6:9

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I Kings 4:4II Samuel 15:35II Samuel 19:13II Samuel 20:23I Chronicles 27:5I Chronicles 27:34

(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.
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I Kings 2:8I Kings 2:9II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:8II Samuel 16:9Proverbs 20:8Proverbs 20:26I Kings 1:53II Samuel 14:24II Samuel 14:28

(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.
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I Kings 15:13II Samuel 15:23II Kings 23:6II Chronicles 29:16Jeremiah 31:40John 18:1I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:33Leviticus 20:9Joshua 2:19II Samuel 1:16Ezekiel 18:13

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I Kings 2:42II Kings 23:6Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18

(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.
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I Kings 20:4II Kings 20:19

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I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40I Chronicles 23:10

(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.
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I Samuel 21:10I Samuel 27:2I Samuel 27:3

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I Kings 2:40I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:41I Chronicles 23:10I Samuel 21:10I Samuel 21:12

(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.
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Proverbs 15:27Luke 12:15I Timothy 6:10

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I Kings 2:39I Samuel 21:10I Samuel 27:2I Kings 2:38I Kings 2:41I Chronicles 23:10

(41) And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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I Kings 2:39I Kings 2:40I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(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.
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I Kings 2:36I Kings 2:37I Kings 2:38Psalms 15:4Luke 19:22Luke 15:22

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I Kings 2:37Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 33:8

(43) Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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II Samuel 21:2Ezekiel 17:18Ezekiel 17:19II Chronicles 30:12Ecclesiastes 8:2Romans 13:5

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Numbers 9:23I Samuel 1:8I John 2:7

(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;
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II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:8II Samuel 16:9II Samuel 16:10II Samuel 16:11II Samuel 16:12II Samuel 16:13John 8:9Romans 2:15I John 3:20

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Jeremiah 44:9Song of Solomon 6:13Leviticus 20:14Ezekiel 33:12Hosea 9:15Jeremiah 15:19

(45) And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
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Psalms 21:6Psalms 72:17I Kings 2:24I Kings 2:33I Kings 2:34Proverbs 25:5Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7

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II Samuel 7:16I Kings 2:12I Kings 1:37I Kings 1:47Revelation 4:6I Kings 1:51

(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.
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I Kings 2:12I Kings 2:45II Chronicles 1:1Proverbs 29:4

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