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Verse 1 Kings 2:37. _THY BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THINE OWN HEAD._] Thou
knowest what to expect; if thou disobey my orders thou shalt certainly
be slain, and then thou shalt be considered as a _self-murder...
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II. SOLOMON'S GLORIOUS REIGN. HIS FAILURE AND END
1. The Righteous judgment of Solomon
CHAPTER 2:12-46)
_ 1. Solomon upon the throne (1 Kings 2:12)_
2. Adonijah's request (1 Kings 2:13)
3. Bath-s...
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DEATH OF DAVID; SOLOMON ESTABLISHED ON HIS THRONE. The main source of
this chapter is the same as that of 1, but interspersed are
Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 2:3 f., 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 2:27).
T...
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ON THE DAY. Same as Genesis 2:17. Here several days must have elapsed.
SHALT SURELY DIE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. App-6. Hebrew "a
dying thou shalt die", as in Genesis 2:17.
THINE OWN HEAD. th...
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_passest over the brook Kidron_ This brook, being between Jerusalem
and the Mount of Olives, on that side of Jerusalem where Shimei would
go if he wanted to return to Bahurim. Solomon takes the distan...
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III. SHEMEI'S THOUGHTLESS CHALLENGE OF SOLOMON'S AUTHORITY 2:36-46
TRANSLATION
(36) Now the king sent and called for Shimei, and he said to him,
Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and dwell the...
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_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._
No JFB commentary...
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DAVID'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
The recital of David's last charge to Solomon and his death is
followed by an account of the execution of Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei.
3, 4. Cp. Deuteronomy 17; 2 Samu...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
DAVID’S INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLOMON
Solomon was now the king. But before David died, he gave some special
instructions to Solomon. David t...
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וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּ יֹ֣ום צֵאתְךָ֗ וְ
עָֽבַרְתָּ֙ אֶת ־נַ֣חַל קִדְרֹ֔ון
יָדֹ֥עַ תֵּדַ֖ע כִּ֣י מֹ֣ות...
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AVENGING JUSTICE
1 Kings 2:13.
The wrath of a king is "as messengers of death."- Proverbs 16:14
THE reign of Solomon began with a threefold deed of blood. An Eastern
king, surrounded by the many pr...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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In the last charge of David there was first a recognition of the
sphere of Solomon's safety. In all probability his personal influence
had been great with his son, but now he was going "the way of all...
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_Cedron, which led towards Bahurim. He was equally forbidden to go out
by any other road; and was put to death for going to Geth. --- Head.
Thou canst blame only thyself. Solomon might have put this m...
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(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 goes...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
Before David's death the iniquity and ambition of a son whom he "had
not displeased at any time "led to the solemn proclamation of Solomon,
to whom G...
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FOR IT SHALL BE, [THAT] ON THE DAY THOU GOEST OUT,.... Out of the city
of Jerusalem: and passest over the brook Kidron: which is particularly
mentioned, because this lay in his way to Bahurim, his nat...
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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.
Ver. 37. _And pas...
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1 Kin. 2:37. This may help us to understand God's threatening to Adam,
when He said, "In the day," etc. When Solomon thus threatened Shimei,
we cannot naturally understand any more by it than that dea...
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_In the day thou passest over the brook Kidron_, &c. Which Solomon
mentions, because it was in the way to Bahurim, where Shimei's former
and settled habitation was, as appears by comparing 2 Samuel 15...
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1 Dauid hauing giuen a charge to Solomon,
3 of religiousnesse,
5 of Ioab,
7 of Barzillai,
8 of Shimei,
10 dieth.
12 Solomon succeedeth.
13 Adoniiah, mouing Bath-sheba to sue vnto Solomon for Ab...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF SHIMEI...
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DAVID'S LAST WORDS TO SOLOMON
(vs.1-9)
As David was about to die, his words to Solomon have serious
significance. Just as Paul (2 Timothy 4:1) and Peter (2 Peter 1:12)
were concerned about the testi...
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35-46 The old malignity remains in the unconverted heart, and a
watchful eye should be kept on those who, like Shimei, have manifested
their enmity, but have given no evidence of repentance. No engage...
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THE BROOK KIDRON; a brook nigh unto Jerusalem, of which see 2 SAMUEL
15:23 2 KINGS 23:4; which he particularly names, because that was the
way to Bahurim, his former and settled habitation: but this i...
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1 Kings 2:37 day H3117 out H3318 (H8800) cross H5674 (H8804) Brook
H5158 Kidron H6939 know H3045 (H8799) certain H3045 (H8800) surely
H4191 (H8800) die H4191 (H8799) blood H1818 head H7218
over the -...
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CONTENTS: David's charge to Solomon, David's death. Execution of
Adonijah. Abiathar removed. Execution of Shimei.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Solomon, Bath-sheba, Adonijah, Abishag, Joab,
Abiatha, Benaia...
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1 Kings 2:5. _Thou knowest what Joab did to me._ David does not
mention Absalom, but that was the deed that touched his heart; the
blood of Abner and of Amasa still cried to heaven.
1 Kings 2:9. _But...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 2:36 Solomon moves next to kill SHIMEI, who
had cursed David as he fled from Absalom (see vv. 1 Kings 2:7; 2
Samuel 16:5). When Shimei ignores Solomon’s order not to go from
Je...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 2:37. THY BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THINE OWN HEAD—The legal form
of the sentence of death (Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 10:11, etc.).
1 Kings 2:38. DWELT IN JERUSALE...
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EXPOSITION
THE END OF SHIMEL.—This fresh intrigue of Adonijah's warns the king
that he must be on his guard and keep a watch over suspected persons.
Prominent among these, from his antecedents and co...
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So the days of David drew nigh when he was going to die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be
thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man (1 Kings 2:1-2);
Now he...
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1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:33; 2 Chronicles 29:16; 2 Kings
23:6; 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; Ezekiel 18:13; Jeremiah 31:40;...
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Kidron — A brook nigh Jerusalem, which he particularly names,
because that was the way to Bahurim, his former habitation: but this
is not all, for the restraint was general, that he should not go fort...