1 Kings 2:19-46

1 Kings 2:19-46

[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,  to be set  for the king's  mother;  and she sat  on his right hand.  [20] Then she said,  I desire  one  small  petition  me  not nay.  And the king  said  unto her, Ask on,  my mother:  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,  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:  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,  fall  upon him. [30] And Benaiah  came  to the tabernacle  of the LORD,  and said  the king,  Come forth.  And he said,  Nay; but I will die  here. And Benaiah  the king  word  again,  saying,  Thus said  Joab,  and thus he answered  [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  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  that thou shalt surely  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,  to Gath  to Achish  to seek  his servants:  and Shimei  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  on the day  thou goest out,  and walkest  abroad any whither,  that thou shalt surely  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  [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.