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33 Their blood sshall_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 Lorp.”
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.
86 And the king sent and called for
; Shimei, and said unto him, “+Build
thee a house in Jerusalem, and «dwell there, and 'go not forth thence any whither.
. 87 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.”
88 And Shimei said unto the king, “The wsaying 7s 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 rass, 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.
# And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, “Did I not make_thee_to_swear by ? the Lorp,‘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 shast thou not kept -the_ oath_of / the Lorn, and «the command- ment that I have charged thee with?”
44 The king said moreover to Shimei,
'!“@how -knowest all the wickedness
which thine heart -is_privy_to, that thou didst to David my father: there. fore J the Lorn sshall_return thy -wick- edness upon thine_own head ;
45 And xking Solomon shail be blessed, and the_throne_of David shall_be es- tablished before 1 the Lorp for evet.”
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.
3 AND Solomon made-_affinity with
Pharaoh king_of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s -daughter, and brought her into the_city_of David, until he had_ made_an_end of building his_own house,
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and ethe_house_of 4 the Lorp, and «the_ wall_of Jerusalem round_about.
2 Only the people sacrificed in xhigh_ places, because there was no house built unto the_name_of !the Lor», until xthose days,
8 And Solomon loyed J«the Lorn, walking in the_statutes_of David his father: only he -sacrificed and +burnt_ incense in xhigh_places.
4 And the king went to gGibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great xhigh_place: a thousand «burnt_offer-| i; ings 'did Solomon offer upon xthat xaltar.
5 In Gibedn 4 the Lorp appeared to Solomon in a xdream by xnight: and =God said, “*Ask what I shall_give thee.”
6 And Solomon said, “@how -hast_ shewed unto Thy servant David my father great *merey, according as he oa walked before Thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness_of heart with Thee; and Thou hast_kept for him xthis xgreat *kindness, that Thou hast_given him a son +to_sit on his throne, as it is xthis day. L
7 And now, O_1 Lorp my =God, Thon shast_made Thy -servant king instead_ of David my father:-and € am but a little child: I know not how to go_ out or come-in.
8 And Thy servant is in the_midst_of|s. Thy people which Thou -hast_chosen, a great people, that ‘cannot be_num- bered nor counted for multitude. 9-Give therefore Thy servant an } un- derstanding heart to judge Thy -people, that I may_discern between good and bad: for who is_able to Judge xthis Thy so xgreat a -people?” 10 And the speech pleased 4 the =Lord, that Solomon had_asked xthis *thing.
11 And =God said unto him, “ Because thou -hast_asked «this *thing, and -hast not asked for thyself ™ long life; neither -hast_asked riches for thyself, nor -hast_| Lord, asked the_slife_of thine enemies; but shast_asked for thyself understanding to h discern judgment ; -
22 Behold, I -have_done according_to thy words: lo, I «have_given thee a wise and an ¢ understanding heart; so that] 23-29. there was_none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
13 And I shave also given thee that which thou shast not asked, both rickes, | 33. and honour: so that there «shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
14 And if thou wflt_walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My command- ments, as thy father David did_walk, then I -will_lengthen thy ~days.”
15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jeru- salem, and stood before the_ark_of the_ covenant_of 4 the Lord, and poffered_| a. up «burnt_offerings, and p offered peace_ offerings, and made a 2 feast to all his} ,” servants,
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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-lord, $ and xthis 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 xday after that I was_delivered, that xthis xwoman was_delivered also: and twe were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house, save tue two in the house.
19 And xthis xwoman’s so child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And she arose at midnight, and took my -son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her xdead so «child in my bosom.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my so-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 xwoman said, “Nay;
but the living 7s my son, and the dead is thy son.” And this said, “No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son.” Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, “The_one asaith, ‘This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead:’ and the_other asaith, ‘Nay; but thy son 7s the dead, and my son vs the living.’”
24 And the king said, “-Bring me a sword.” And they brought a sword before the king.
2 And the king said, “-Divide the living *child in two, and «give xhalf to the_one, and half to the_other.”
26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, “O_my -lord, «give her the living xchild, and in no wise slay it.’ But the_other said, “'Let_it_be neither mine nor thine, but divide 7t.”
2% Then the king answered and said, “ wise slay it: she is the-mother there- of.”
28 And all Israél heard of -the_judg- ment which the king had_judged ; and they feared the king: for they saw that the_wisdom_of =God was in him, to do judgment.
SO xking Solomon was king over all Tsraél. 2 And these were the princes which
he had; Azariah the_son_of Zadok the
priest,
8 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the_sons_of Shisha, scribes ; Jehoshaphat the_son_ of Ahilud, the * recorder.
4 And Benaiah the_son_of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests :
5 And Azariah the_son_of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud_ the_ son_of Nathan was ™principal_officer, and the king’s friend:
6 And Ahishar was over the house- hold: and Adoniram the_son_of Abda was over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israél, which provided_victuals_ for the king and his “household : each_