1 Dauid exhorteth Salomón, and giueth charge as concerning Ioáb, Barzillái, and Shimeí 10 The death of Dauid. 17 Adoniiah aſketh Abiſhag to wife 25 He is ſlayne. 35 Zadok was placed in Abiathars roume.

1.THen the daies of Dauid drewe nere that he ſhulde dye, and he charged Salomón his ſonne, ſaying,

2.I go the ^a waie of all the earth: be ſtrong therefore, and ſhewe thy ſelfe ^a man,

3.And take hede to y^e ^b charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his waies, & kepe his ſtatutes, & his cōmandements, & his iudgements, & his teſtimonies, as it is written in the Lawe of Moſes, that thou maieſt ^* ^" proſper in all that thou doeſt, and in euerie thing whereunto thou turneſt thee,

4.That the Lord may confirme his worde which he ſpake vnto me, ſaying, If thy ſonnes take hede to their way, that thei walke before me in ^c trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their ſoules, ^* ^" thou ſhalt not (ſaid he) want one of thy poſteritie vpon the throne of Iſraél.

5.Thou knoweſt alſo what Ioáb the ſonne of Zeruiáh did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hoſtes of Iſraél, vnto ^* Abnér the ſonne of Ner, and vnto ^* Amaſá the ſonne of Iethér: whome he ſlewe, and ^d ſhed blood of battel in peace, and ^e put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, & in his ſhooes that were on his feete.

6.Do therefore according to thy wiſdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

7.But ſhewe kindenes vnto the ſonnes of ^* Barzillái the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eat at thy table: ^f for ſo thei came to me when I fled from Abſalóm thy brother.

8.¶ And beholde, with thee is ^* Shimeí the ſonne of Gerá, the ſonne of Ieminí, of Bahurím, which curſed me with an horrible curſe in y^e day when I went to Mahanáim: but he came downe to meete me at Iordén, and I ſware to him by the Lord, ſaying, ^* I wil not ſlaye thee with the ſworde.

9.But thou ſhalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wiſe man, and knoweſt what thou oghteſt to do vnto him: therefore y^u ſhalt cauſe his hoare head to go downe to the graue with ^g blood.

10.So ^* Dauid ſlept with his fathers, & was buryed in the citie of Dauid.

11.And the daies which Dauid ^* reigned vpon Iſraél, were fourtie yeres: ſeuen yeres reigned he in Hebrón, and thirty & thre yeres reigned he in Ieruſalém.

12.¶ ^* Then ſate Salomón vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was ſtabliſhed mightely.

13.And Adoniiah the ſonne of Haggíth came to Bath-ſhéba the mother of Salomón: and ſhe ſaid, ^h Commeſt thou peaceably? And he ſaid, Yea.

14.He ſaid moreouer, I haue a ſute vnto thee. And ſhe ſaid, Say on.

15.Then he ſaid, Thou knoweſt that the kingdome was mine, and that all Iſraél ſet ⁱ their faces on me, that I ſhulde reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, & is my brothers: for it came to him by the Lord.

16.Now therefore I aſke thee one requeſt, ^" refuſe me not. And ſhe ſaid vnto him, Say on.

17.And he ſaid, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomón the King, (for he wil not ſay thee naye) that he giue me Abiſhag the Shunammite to wife.

18.And Bath-ſhéba ſaid, Wel, I wil ſpeake for thee vnto the King.

19.¶ Bath-ſhéba therefore went vnto King Salomón, to ſpeake vnto him for Adoniiah: and the King roſe to meete her, and ^k bowed him ſelfe vnto her, & ſate downe on his throne: and he cauſed a ſeat to be ſet for the Kings mother, and ſhe ſate at his right hand.

20.Then ſhe ſaid, I deſire a ſmale requeſt of thee, ſay me not naye. Then the King ſaid vnto her, Aſke on, my mother: for I

21.wil not ſay thee naye. She ſaid thē, Let Abiſhág the Shunámite be giuē to Adonijáh thy brother to wife.

22.But King Salomón anſwered and ſaid vnto his mother, And why doeſt yͤ aſke Abiſhág yͤ Shunámite for Adonijáh? aſke for him the ^l kingdome alſo: for he is mine elder brother, & hathe for him bothe Abiathár the Prieſt, and Ioáb the ſonne of Zeruiáh.

23.Thé King Salomón ſware by the Lord, ſaying, God do ſo to me and more alſo, if Adonijáh hathe not ſpoken this worde againſt his owne life.

24.Now therefore as the Lord liueth, who hathe eſtabliſhed me, and ſet me on the throne of Dauid my father, who alſo hathe made me an houſe, as he ^* promiſed, Adonijáh ſhal ſurely dye this day.

25.And King Salomón ſent by the hand of Benaiáh the ſonne of Iehoiadá, and he ^" ſmote him that he dyed.

26.¶ Then the King ſaid vnto Abiathár the Prieſt, Go to Anathóth vnto thine owne ^" fields: for thou art ^" worthy of death: but I wil not this day kil thee, becauſe thou ^m bareſt the Arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father, & becauſe thou haſt ſuffred in all, wherein my father hathe bene afflicted.

27.So Salomón caſt out Abiathár from being Prieſt vnto the Lord, that he might ^* fulfil the wordes of the Lord, which he ſpake againſt the houſe of Elí in Shilóh.

28.¶ Then tidings came to Ioáb:(for Ioáb had ⁿ turned after Adonijáh, but he turned not after Abſalóm) and Ioáb fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, & caught holde on the hornes of the altar.

29.And it was tolde King Salomón, that Ioáb was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, & beholde, he is by the ^o altar. Thē Salomón ſent Benaiáh the ſonne of Iehoiadá, ſaying, Go, fall vpon him.

30.And Benaiáh came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & ſaid vnto him, Thus ſaith the King, Come out. And he ſaid, Naye, but I wil dye here. Then Benaiáh broght the King worde againe, ſaying, Thus ſaid Ioáb, and thus he anſwered me.

31.And the King ſaid vnto him, Do as he hathe ſaid, and ^p ſmite him, & burie him, yͤ thou maieſt take away the blood, which Ioáb ſhed cauſeles, from me and from the houſe of my father.

32.And the Lord ſhal bring his blood vpõ his owne head: for he ſmote two mē more righteous & better then he, & ſlewe them with the ſworde, and my father Dauid knewe not: to wit, ^* Abnér yͤ ſonne of Ner, captaine of the hoſte of Iſraél, and ^* Amaſá the ſonne of Iethér captaine of the hoſte of Iudáh.

33.Their blood ſhal therefore returne vpõ the ^q head of Ioáb, and on the head of his ſede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his ſede, and vpon his houſe, and vpon his throne ſhal there be peace for euer frõ the Lord.

34.So Benaiáh the ſonne of Iehoiadá went vp, and ſmote him, and ſlewe him, and he was buryed in his owne houſe in the wildernes.

35.And the King put Benaiáh the ſonne of Iehoiadá in his roume ouer yͤ hoſte: & the King ſet Zadók the ^r Prieſt in the roume of Abiathár.

36.¶ Afterwarde the King ſent, and called Shimeí, and ſaid vnto him, Buylde thee an houſe in Ieruſalém, and dwel there, & departe not thence anie whether.

37.For that day that thou goeſt out, & paſſeſt ouer the riuer of Kidrón, knowe aſſuredly, that thou ſhalt dye the death: thy blood ſhalbe vpon thine owne head.

38.And Shimeí ſaid vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hathe ſaid, ſo wil thy ſeruāt do. So Shimeí dwelt in Ieruſalém many dayes.

39.And after thre yeres two of the [ſ]ſeruāts of Shimeí fled away vnto Achíſh ſonne of Maacháh King of Gath: & thei tolde Shimeí, ſaying, Beholde, thy ſeruants be in Gath.

40.And Shimeí aroſe, and ſadled his aſſe, and went to Gath to Achíſh, to ſeke his ſeruants: and ^t Shimeí went, and broght his ſeruants from Gath.

41.And it was tolde Salomón, that Shimeí had gone from Ieruſalém to Gath, & was come againe.

42.And the King ſent and called Shimeí, & ſaid vnto him, Did I not make thee to ſweare by yͤ Lord, & proteſted vnto thee, ſaying, That day that thou goeſt out, and walkeſt anie whether, knowe aſſuredly yͤ thou ſhalt dye the death? And thou ſaideſt vnto me, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

43.Why then haſt thou not kept the othe of the Lord, & the cõmandement wherewith I charged thee?

44.The King ſaid alſo to Shimeí, ^u Thou knoweſt all the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that thou dideſt to Dauid my father.: the Lord therefore ſhal bring thy wickednes vpon thine owne head.

45.And let King Salomón be bleſſed, and the throne of Dauid ſtabliſhed before the Lord for euer.

46.So the King commanded Benaiáh the ſonne of Iehoiada: who went out & ſmote him that he dyed. And the kingdome was ^x ſtabliſhed in the hand of Salomón.

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