The object, apparently, was to keep Shimei under the immediate eye of the government. Shimei’s old home, Bahurim, lay east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho, 2 Samuel 17:18, and could only be reached by crossing the Kedron valley. Solomon assumes, that, if he quits the city, it will probably be in this direction 1 Kings 2:37.
Verse 1 Kings 2:36. _BUILD THEE A HOUSE_] Thus he gave him the whole city for a prison, and this certainly could have reduced him to no hardships....
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...
ANY WHITHER. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. App-6. Hebrew. _'aneh va anah_. hither and thither....
Shimei meets with his deserts (Not in Chronicles) 36. _sent and called for Shimei_ Solomon sent for him to Jerusalem from Bahurim (see 1 Kings 2:8). Keeping him under close watch, he could hardly fai...
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...
_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._ The king sent and called for Shimei. He was proba...
BUILD THEE AN HOUSE IN JERUSALEM] i.e. that he might be under surveillance....
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...
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...
CALLED FOR SHIMEI. — The command given to Shimei is in itself a reasonable precaution against treason, in one already powerful and of doubtful fidelity; and the reference to crossing the Kedron shows...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וַ יִּקְרָ֣א לְ
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...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
AND THE KING SENT AND CALLED FOR SHIMEI,.... Who had cursed his father; he lived at Bahurim, in the tribe of Benjamin, and from thence he sent for him to him, 2 Samuel 16:5; AND SAID UNTO HIM, BUILD...
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. Ver. 36. _Build thee a house in Jerusalem._] Shimei...
_Go not forth thence any whither_ Solomon, it is likely, suspected Shimei's loyalty and fidelity, and therefore ordered this, 1st, for his own security. For by confining him to the royal city, he woul...
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...
THE PUNISHMENT OF SHIMEI...
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, without specific reference to his crime, of which he was very well aware, BUILD THEE AN HOUSE IN JERUSALEM AND DWELL THERE, for Solomon desi...
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...
This Solomon ordered, partly, for his own security, that being removed from that place where his kindred, and estate, and interest lay, to a place where he was but a stranger, and sufficiently odious...
1 Kings 2:36 king H4428 sent H7971 (H8799) called H7121 (H8799) Shimei H8096 said H559 (H8799) Build...
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 1:53; 1 Kings 2:8; 1 Kings 2:9; 2 Samuel 14:24; 2 Samuel 14:28
Go not forth — This Solomon ordered, both for his own security; and as a penalty for his former wickedness....