David builds my God of that which doth cost the nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for ifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altarl 1.KINGS, 1. B. C. 1017. c ch.21.14. an altar. unto the LORD, and offered burntofferings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated c for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. The First Book of the KINGS, commonly called From the Creation, 2989....Before Christ, 1015.... Year of David, 40. CHAPTER I. Kolomon, by David's appointment, is anointed king. TOW king David was old and NOW 1 stricken in years; and they overed him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let 2 there be sought for my lord the king 3 a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her 4 cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. B. C. 1015. Benaiah, and the mighty men, and 1 entered into days. 2 them seek. 3 a damsel, a virgin. be a cherisher unto. a 2Sam.3.4. b Lu. 14.11. reign. c 2Sam. 15.1. 6 from his were. 5 T Then Adonijah a the son of Haggith exalted himself, b saying, d ch.2.28. 1 will 5 be king: and c he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And 7 he conferred with Joab d the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathare the priest: and they, 8 following Adonijah, helped him. e 2Sa.20.25. 8 helped after Adonijah. fch.4.18. g 2Sa.23.8, &c. or, the well Rogel, 2Sa.17.17. h2Sa. 12. 1,&c. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Beaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, ƒ and Rei, and the mighty men g which belonged to David, were not with i ver.30. Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by 9 En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 10 Put Nathan the prophet, and k1Ch.22.6-13. 10 fill up. 11 What to thee? I ver.7-9. not. 11 T Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear i unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly k Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and 10 confirm thy words. 15 T And Bath-sheba went in unto the king, into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said 11 What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne: 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 12 sinners. n ver. 19 13 Let king Adonijah live. 22 T And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet o 1Sa. 10.24. also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 Forn he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar, the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, 13 God save o king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came 14 into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 14 before the king. p 2Sam.4.9. q ver. 13, 17. r Ne.2.3. Dan.2.4. 5.10. 6.21. s 2Sa.20.6. 15 which be longeth to me, Es.6.8. t 2Ch.32.30. u ch. 19.16. 1Sa. 10.1. 16.3,12. 2San.2.4. 5.3. 2Ki.9.3. 11.12. Ps. 89.20,36. Is. 45. 1. Acts 10.38. 2Cor.1.21, 22. v 2Ki.9.13. Adoniah's guests By. | ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: w the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As y the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater z than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upor king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil a out of the tabernacle, and b anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; c and all the people said, God save king Solo mon. 40 And all the people came up after him; and the people piped with 10 pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating.d And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; fore thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 29 And the king sware, and said, p As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware q unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign 43 And Jonathan answered and after me, and he shall sit upon my y Jos. 1.5,17. said to Adonijah, Verily our lord throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. w Ps.72.19. x 1Ch.17.27. z ver.47. Ps.89.27. 25. Ps.89.20. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did re-a Ex.30.23verence to the king, and said, Letr my lord king David live for ever. 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. b 1Ch.29.22. c 1Sa. 10.24. 16 or, flutes, d Pr.14.13. Ec.7 4-6. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants s of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon 15 mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: t 34 And let Zadok the priest and f1Ch.29.23. Nathan the prophet anoint u him here king over Israel: and blow v e 2Sa. 18 27. king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule : 45 And Zadok the priest and Na than the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth fon the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's ser vants came to bless our lord king Dont's charge. bend. saying, God 9 make the name of Solomon better than thy ame, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And h the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which i hath given one to sit on my hrone this day, mine eyes k even eeing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose ap, and went every man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, say ng, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught Gold on the horns of the altar, say 1 Cor. 16.13. 6 Do therefore according m to thy wisdom, and n let not his hoar heado go down to the grave in peace. of Barzillaip the Gileadite, and let 7 But show kindness unto the sons them be of those that eat at thy table for so they came q to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei'r the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: buts 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 t him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, mg, Let king Solomon swear unto e Ps. 17. 18-20. and knowest what thou oughtest me to-day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will how himself a worthy man, therem shall not an hair of him fall to the arth: but n if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. o 53 So king Solomon sent, and they Grought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself oking Solomon: and Solomon aid unto him, Go to thine house. CHAPTER II. De.29.9. 1 or, do wisely, 1Sa. 18.5, 14,30. 2 g Ps. 132. 12. h 2Sa.7.16. be cut off from thee from the throne. i23a.19.5-7. k 2Sa.3.27. 12Sa.20.10. David having given a charge to Solo-3 put. mon, dieth. NOW OW a the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and hem ver.9. n ver.31.34. harged Solomon his son, saying, o Ge.42.38. 216 go the way of all c the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; d 44.31. p 2Sa.19.31. 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 writ-t ten e in the law of Moses, that f thou mayest 1 prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2Sa.17.27. 2sa. 16.5, &c. strong. 2Sa. 19. 18. Ex.20.7. Job 9.28. u ch.1.21. Ac. 13.36. v Acts 2.29. w 2Sam.5.7. x ICh.29.27. 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concern-y 1Ch.29.23. ing me, saying, If g thy children 2Ch.1.1. take heed to their way, to walk z Ps.72.8,&c. before me in truth with all their a 1 Sa. 16.4,5. heart and with all their soul, there hb ch.1.5. shall not 2 fail thee (said he) a man c 1Ch.22.9. on the throne of Israel. Je.27.5-8. 5 turn not away my face, Ps. 132. 10. 5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, i and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner k the son of Ner, and unto d ch.1.3,4. Amasa 7 the son of Jether, whome Lev.19.32. he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about f Ex.20.12. Ps.45.9. to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 So David slept u with his fathers, and was buried v in the city w of David. 11 And x 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 y sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established z greatly. 13 T And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mo ther of Solomon. And she said, Comest a 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, b 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 c from the LORD. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, 5 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 d the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; 1 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 e up to meet her, and f bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and sho Isat on his right hand. Adonijah put to death. 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. 1 KINGS, II. h ch.1.7. i25a.2.35. kSa.7.11.13. I ch.1.52. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why m Jos.21.18. dost thou ask Abishag the Shunam-5 a man of mite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; (for he is mine elder brother;) even for him, and for Abiathar h the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. death. n 1Sa.23.6. 29. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God i do so to me, o 1Sa.22.20and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 23. P 1Sa.2.30-36. r De.32.35. 8 ch.1.50. 21 Now therefore, as the LORD q ch.1.7. liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he k 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. t Ex.21.14. Joab put to death. which Joab shed, v froin me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the LORD shall return w 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 y knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, z captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa a 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 b for ever: but c upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for everd 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 roome over the host: and Zadok f the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.g 36 T And the king sent and called for Shimei, h and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth 21.8,9. thence any whither. u Nu.35.33. v ver.5. 26 T And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, m unto thine own fields; for thou art 5 worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because n_thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been &flicted o in all wherein my x 2 Ch.21.13. father was a flicted. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, i thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely Ju.9.24,57. die: thy k blood shall be upon Ps.7.16. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar y 2Sa.3.37. from being priest unto the LORD; z 2Sa.3 27. that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning p the house of Eli in Shiloh. a 2Sa.20.10. b 2Sa.3.29. 37. Is.9.6,7. 28 T Then tidings came to Joab: (for Joab had q turned after Adoni-c Pr.25.5. jah, though r he turned not after d Ps.89.36, Absalom.) And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught s hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the taber- f Nu.25.11. nacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. t Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. e Job 34.24. 13. 1Ch.6.53. 24.3. ver.27. 1Sa.2.35. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come h ver.8. forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought i 2Sa. 15.23. the king word again, saying, Thus k Lev.20.9. 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 u thou mayest take away the innocent blood, Jos.2.19. I ISa.27.2. 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 com Shamei put to death. I KINGS, M. mandment m that I have charged B. C. 1014. thee with? 44 The king said said moreover to m Ec.8.2. LORD upon 45 And king Solomon shall be p bessed, and q the throne of David hall be established before the LORD for ever. Rom.2.15. (CHAP. 3.) 9.24. b 2Sam.5.7. 46 So the king commanded Be-c ch.7.1. Solomon's judgment between the two 20. Jno. 14. 15, 21. 2Ch. 1.3,&c.. k1 Ch. 16.39. ch.9.2. ND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and ah ver.6.14. took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city b of Darid, until he had made an end of ci building his own house, and d the house of the LORD, and the wall el of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only f the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no ouse built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 1 m Nu. 12.6. or, bounty. 9.4. 3 And Solomon loved g the LORD, Ps. 15.2. 1Ch.29.1. Ps. 121.8. Deut.7.6. 4 And the king went to Gibeon i9 ch.1.48. to sacrifice there; for that k was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offert upon that altar. 5 In Gibeon the LORD appear-v Pr.2.3-9. ed to Solomon in a dream m by ight: and God said, Ask n what I shail give thee. u Ge. 13. 16. Jam.1.5. w Ps.72. 1,2. Jno.5 30. x Heb.5.14. Jam.4.3. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast howed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked o before thee in truth, y Rom.8.26. and in righteousness, and in up-3 nghtness p of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him song to sit on his throne, as it is thus day. many days. a ch.4.29-31. 5.12. 10.23,24. 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou Ec. 1. 13, 16. hast made thy servant king instead & Mat.6.33. of David my father: and I am but Ep.3.10. Solomon's wisdom. [tween good and bad: for who able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because y thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself 3 long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to 4 discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done z according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so a that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that b which thou hast not asked, both riches, c and honour: so that d there 5 shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen e thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, became to Jerusalem, and stood be hold, it was a dream. And he fore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast f to all his ser vants. 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before g him. 17 And the ore woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, h and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morn a little child: I know not how to c ch.4.21,24.ing to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, 9 Give therefore thy servant an Job 24.16. No; but the dead is thy son, and Thus they 8 And thy servant is in the midst d ch.10.23-29. of thy people which thou hast thosen, t a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for mulutude. understanding v heart to judge w hy people, that I may discern be 5 or, hath Ps. 189.11. the living is my son. |