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 man to death before: but he chose to pay so much deference to the oath of his father, as not to bring him to execution without a fresh offence.
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-murde...
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...
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...
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. thy...
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE BROOK KIDRON] This would actually limit him only on the E., the quarter in which his former home, Bahurim, was situated; but it was doubtless meant to designate the distance beyond which he was no...
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...
וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּ יֹ֣ום צֵאתְךָ֗ וְ עָֽבַרְתָּ֙
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 pri...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
PRESUMING AND PERISHING THEREFORE 1 Kings 2:36 Shimei broke the one condition on which his life had been given back to him, and could have no just cause of complaint against the king. It may be argue...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
For it shall be that on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook Kidron, especially with the purpose of returning to his home at Bahurim, THOU SHALT KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THOU SHALT SURELY DI...
THE PUNISHMENT OF SHIMEI...
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 testim...
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 engag...
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...
1 Kings 2:37 day H3117 out H3318 (H8800) cross H5674 (H8804) Brook H5158 Kidron H6939 know H3045 ...
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...
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...
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;...
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.)....
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...
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...
1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:33; 2 Chronicles 29:16;...
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...