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THE MESSAGE
1 Kings 2:1
When David's time to die approached, he charged his son Solomon, saying, "I'm about to go the way of all the earth, but you—be strong; show what you're made of! Do what God tells you. Walk in the paths he shows you: Follow the life-map absolutely, keep an eye out for the signposts, his course for life set out in the revelation to Moses; then you'll get on well in whatever you do and wherever you go. Then God will confirm what he promised me when he said, ‘If your sons watch their step, staying true to me heart and soul, you'll always have a successor on Israel's throne.'
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Christian Standard Bible®
As the time approached for David to die, he ordered his son Solomon,
As the time approached for David to die, he ordered his son Solomon,
Hebrew Names Version
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Shlomo his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Shlomo his son, saying,
King James Version
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
English Standard Version
When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
New Century Version
Since it was almost time for David to die, he gave his son Solomon his last commands.
Since it was almost time for David to die, he gave his son Solomon his last commands.
New English Translation
When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
Amplified Bible
When David's time to die approached, he gave instructions to Solomon his son, saying,
When David's time to die approached, he gave instructions to Solomon his son, saying,
New American Standard Bible
As David's time to die drew near, he commanded his son Solomon, saying,
As David's time to die drew near, he commanded his son Solomon, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,
Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David's time to die drew near, so he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
Then David's time to die drew near, so he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Not long before David died, he told Solomon:
Not long before David died, he told Solomon:
Complete Jewish Bible
The time came near for David to die; so he commissioned Shlomo his son as follows:
The time came near for David to die; so he commissioned Shlomo his son as follows:
Darby Translation
And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,
And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The time came for David to die, so he gave these commands to Solomon,
The time came for David to die, so he gave these commands to Solomon,
George Lamsa Translation
NOW the days of David to die drew near; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
NOW the days of David to die drew near; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Good News Translation
When David was about to die, he called his son Solomon and gave him his last instructions:
When David was about to die, he called his son Solomon and gave him his last instructions:
Lexham English Bible
The days of David came near for him to die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
The days of David came near for him to die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Literal Translation
And the days of David drew near for him to die. And he commanded his son Solomon, saying,
And the days of David drew near for him to die. And he commanded his son Solomon, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan the tyme came that Dauid shulde dye, he commaunded Salomon his sonne, and sayde:
Now whan the tyme came that Dauid shulde dye, he commaunded Salomon his sonne, and sayde:
American Standard Version
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,
Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The dayes of Dauid drew nie that he should dye, & he charged Solomon his sonne, saying:
The dayes of Dauid drew nie that he should dye, & he charged Solomon his sonne, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying:
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Now the dayes of Dauid drew nigh, that he should die, and he charged Solomon his sonne, saying;
Now the dayes of Dauid drew nigh, that he should die, and he charged Solomon his sonne, saying;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth:
And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth:
English Revised Version
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the daies of Dauid neiyiden, that he schulde die; and he comaundide to Salomon, his sone, and seide, Lo!
Forsothe the daies of Dauid neiyiden, that he schulde die; and he comaundide to Salomon, his sone, and seide, Lo!
Young's Literal Translation
And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,
And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,
Update Bible Version
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
World English Bible
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
New King James Version
Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying:
Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying:
New Living Translation
As the time of King David's death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon:
As the time of King David's death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon:
New Life Bible
When David's time to die was near, he told his son Solomon,
When David's time to die was near, he told his son Solomon,
New Revised Standard
When David's time to die drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying:
When David's time to die drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the days of David drew near that he must die, he charged Solomon his son, saying: -
And, when the days of David drew near that he must die, he charged Solomon his son, saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:
And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:
Revised Standard Version
When David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
When David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Contextual Overview
1When David's time to die approached, he charged his son Solomon, saying, "I'm about to go the way of all the earth, but you—be strong; show what you're made of! Do what God tells you. Walk in the paths he shows you: Follow the life-map absolutely, keep an eye out for the signposts, his course for life set out in the revelation to Moses; then you'll get on well in whatever you do and wherever you go. Then God will confirm what he promised me when he said, ‘If your sons watch their step, staying true to me heart and soul, you'll always have a successor on Israel's throne.' 5"And don't forget what Joab son of Zeruiah did to the two commanders of Israel's army, to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in cold blood, acting in peacetime as if he were at war, and has been stained with that blood ever since. Do what you think best with him, but by no means let him get off scot-free—make him pay. 7 "But be generous to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite—extend every hospitality to them; that's the way they treated me when I was running for my life from Absalom your brother. 8"You also will have to deal with Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim, the one who cursed me so viciously when I was on my way to Mahanaim. Later, when he welcomed me back at the Jordan, I promised him under God , ‘I won't put you to death.' But neither should you treat him as if nothing ever happened. You're wise, you know how to handle these things. You'll know what to do to make him pay before he dies." 10Then David joined his ancestors. He was buried in the City of David. David ruled Israel for forty years—seven years in Hebron and another thirty-three in Jerusalem. Solomon took over on the throne of his father David; he had a firm grip on the kingdom.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the days: Genesis 47:29, Deuteronomy 31:14, Deuteronomy 33:1, 2 Timothy 4:6, 2 Peter 1:13-15
charged: Numbers 27:19, Deuteronomy 3:28, Deuteronomy 31:23, Acts 20:28-31, 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:13, 2 Timothy 4:1
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:12 - And when Psalms 72:1 - the king's Proverbs 23:24 - father
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 2:5
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Genesis 2:8
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
2 Chronicles 2:12
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Nehemiah 9:6
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
Psalms 33:6
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Isaiah 42:5
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
Isaiah 45:18
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
Isaiah 65:17
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
Jeremiah 10:16
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die,.... The number of his days fixed and determined by the Lord, Job 14:5; and which might be perceived as drawing nigh, both by himself and others, through the growing infirmities of old age, decline of nature, and various symptoms of an approaching dissolution which were upon him; see
Genesis 47:29. Abarbinel observes, that he is called only David, not King David; because Solomon his son was now anointed king, and reigned in his stead; so in 1 Kings 1:10; but there is another reason given by some Jews n, that no man, even a king, has power in the day of death; he is no king then, he has no rule over that, but that rules over him:
and he charged Solomon his son; gave him his last and dying charge:
saying; as follows.
n Bereshit Rabba, sect. 96. fol. 83. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The events related in 1 Chr. 28–29 had occurred in the interval which separates the last and this present chapter.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II
David leaves his dying charge with Solomon, relative to his own
personal conduct, 1-4;
to Joab, 5, 6;
to Barzillai, 7;
to Shimei, 8, 9.
He dies, and Solomon is established in the kingdom, 10-12.
Adonijah requests to have Abishag to wife, and is put to death
by Solomon, 13-25.
Abiathar the priest is banished to his estate at Anathoth,
26, 27.
Joab, fearing for his life, flees to the horns of the altar, and
is slain there by Benaiah, 28-34.
Benaiah is made captain of the host in his stead, 35.
Shimei is ordered to confine himself to Jerusalem, and never
leave it on pain of death, 36-38.
After three years he follows some of his runaway servants to
Gath, and thereby forfeits his life, 39, 40.
Solomon sends for him, upbraids him, and commands him to be
slain by Benaiah, 41-46.
NOTES ON CHAP. II
