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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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_many days_ The LXX. has τρία ἔτη, three years, a reading
evidently drawn from the next verse....
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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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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְעִ֤י לַ † מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
טֹ֣וב...
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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 pri...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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...
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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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(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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AND SHIMEI SAID UNTO THE KING, THE SAYING [IS] GOOD,.... It was an act
of goodness in the king, and what was good, grateful, and acceptable
to him; for being sent for by him, and knowing how he had us...
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as my lord the
king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem
many days.
Ver. 38. The saying is good: … so will thy servant...
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_The saying is good_ Thy sentence is much more merciful than I
expected or deserve. _As my lord hath said, so will thy servant do_
And it appears from 1 Kings 2:42, that he not only promised this, but...
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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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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...
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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 engag...
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THE SAYING IS GOOD; thy sentence is much more merciful than I expected
or deserved. So will thy servant do; and Shimei did not only promise
it, but also swore to it; being required by Solomon to do so...
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1 Kings 2:38 Shimei H8096 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 saying H1697
good H2896 lord H113 king H4428 said...
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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;...
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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.)....
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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 20:4; 2 Kings 20:19...
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Is good — Thy sentence is more merciful than I expected, or
deserved....