When David’s life was drawing to a close, he instructed his son Solomon as follows:
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ויקרבו
324
ימידוד
74
למות
476
ויצו
112
אתשלמה
776
בנו
58
לאמר
271
I Kings 2:2
Gematria: 2001
אנכיהלךבדרךכלהארץוחזקתוהייתלאיש
“I am going the way of all the earth; you will be the man in charge—if you act with determination.ayou will be the man in charge—if you act with determination Or “be strong and show yourself a man.”
Keep the charge of the ETERNAL your God, walking in God’s ways and following God’s laws, commandments, rules, and admonitions as recorded in the Teaching of Moses, in order that you may succeed in whatever you undertake and wherever you turn.
Then GOD will fulfill the promise that was made concerning me: ‘If your descendants are scrupulous in their conduct, and walk before Me faithfully, with all their heart and soul, your line on the throne of Israel shall never end!’byour line on the throne…shall never end Lit. “there shall never cease to be a man of yours on the throne,” i.e., ruling on your behalf. Cf. 2 Sam. 7.12–16.
“Further, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s forces, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether: he killed them, sheddingcshedding Meaning of Heb. uncertain. blood of war in peacetime, staining the girdle of his loins and the sandals on his feet with blood of war.dstaining … with blood of war I.e., Joab had thus brought bloodguilt on David’s house; see 2 Sam. 3.27; 20.10.
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וגם
49
אתה
406
ידעת
484
את
401
אשרעשה
876
לי
40
יואב
19
בןצרויה
363
אשר
501
עשה
375
לשנישרי
900
צבאות
499
ישראל
541
לאבנר
283
בןנר
302
ולעמשא
447
בןיתר
662
ויהרגם
264
וישם
356
דמימלחמה
177
בשלם
372
ויתן
466
דמי
54
מלחמה
123
בחגרתו
619
אשר
501
במתניו
508
ובנעלו
164
אשר
501
ברגליו
251
I Kings 2:6
Gematria: 3362
ועשיתכחכמתךולאתורדשיבתובשלםשאל
So act in accordance with your wisdom, and see that his white hair does not go down to Sheol in peace.
“But deal graciously with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, for they befriended me when I fled from your brother Absalom; let them be among those that eat at your table.ethat eat at your table I.e., for whose maintenance you provide; see 2 Sam. 19.32ff.
“You must also deal with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim. He insulted me outrageously when I was on my way to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan,fhe came down to meet me at the Jordan See 2 Sam. 16.5ff.; 19.17ff. and I swore to him by GOD: ‘I will not put you to the sword.’
Then he said, “You know that the kingship was rightly mine and that all Israel wanted me to reign. But the kingship passed on to my brother; it came to him by GOD’s will.
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ויאמר
257
את
401
ידעת
484
כילי
70
היתה
420
המלוכה
106
ועלי
116
שמו
346
כלישראל
591
פניהם
185
למלך
120
ותסב
468
המלוכה
106
ותהי
421
לאחי
49
כי
30
מיהוה
66
היתה
420
לו
36
I Kings 2:16
Gematria: 4283
ועתהשאלהאחתאנכישאלמאתךאלתשביאתפניותאמראליודבר
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said, “Speak up.”
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king rose to greet her and bowed down to her. He sat on his throne; and he had a throne placed for the queen mother, and she sat on his right.
The king replied to his mother, “Why request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Request the kingship for him! For he is my older brother, and the priest Abiathar and Joab son of Zeruiah are on his side.”gand the priest Abiathar and Joab son of Zeruiah are on his side Lit. “And for him and for Abiathar and for Joab son of Zeruiah.” Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Now, as GOD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David and who has provided himhhim Heb. “me.” with a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this very day!”
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ועתה
481
חייהוה
44
אשר
501
הכינני
145
ויושיביני
404
ויושיבני
394
עלכסא
181
דוד
14
אבי
13
ואשר
507
עשהלי
415
בית
412
כאשר
521
דבר
206
כי
30
היום
61
יומת
456
אדניהו
76
I Kings 2:25
Gematria: 1763
וישלחהמלךשלמהבידבניהובןיהוידעויפגעבווימתס
And Solomon instructed Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck AdonijahiAdonijah Heb. “him.” down; and so he died.
To the priest Abiathar, the king said, “Go to your estate at Anathoth! You deserve to die, but I shall not put you to death at this time, because you carried the Ark of my Sovereign GOD before my father David and because you shared all the hardships that my father endured.”
So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his office of priest of GOD—thus fulfilling what GOD had spoken at Shilohjwhat GOD had spoken at Shiloh Cf. 1 Sam. 3.14. regarding the house of Eli.
When the news reached Joab, he fled to the Tent of GOD and grasped the horns of the altar—for Joab had sided with Adonijah, though he had not sided with Absalom.
King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the Tent of GOD and that he was there by the altar; so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go and strike him down.”
Benaiah went to the Tent of GOD and said to him, “Thus said the king: Come out!” “No!” he replied; “I will die here.” Benaiah reported back to the king that Joab had answered thus and thus,
and the king said, “Do just as he said; strike him down and bury him, and remove guilt from me and my father’s house for the blood of the innocent that Joab has shed.
Thus GOD will bring his blood guilt down upon his own head, because, unbeknown to my father, he struck down with the sword two men more righteous and honorable than he—Abner son of Ner, the army commander of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, the army commander of Judah.
May the guilt for their blood come down upon the head of Joab and his descendants forever, and may good fortune from GOD be granted forever to David and his descendants, his house and his throne.”
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ושבו
314
דמיהם
99
בראש
503
יואב
19
ובראש
509
זרעו
283
לעלם
170
ולדוד
50
ולזרעו
319
ולביתו
454
ולכסאו
123
יהיה
30
שלום
376
עדעולם
220
מעם
150
יהוה
26
I Kings 2:34
Gematria: 1976
ויעלבניהובןיהוידעויפגעבווימתהוויקברבביתובמדבר
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down. And he was buried at his home in the wilderness.
“That is fair,” said Shimei to the king, “your servant will do just as my lord the king has spoken.” And for a long time, Shimei remained in Jerusalem.
and the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not adjure you by GOD and warn you, ‘On the very day that you leave and go anywhere else, you can be sure that you will die,’ and did you not say to me, ‘It is fair; I accept’?
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וישלח
354
המלך
95
ויקרא
317
לשמעי
450
ויאמר
257
אליו
47
הלוא
42
השבעתיך
807
ביהוה
28
ואעד
81
בך
22
לאמר
271
ביום
58
צאתך
511
והלכת
461
אנה
56
ואנה
62
ידע
84
תדע
474
כי
30
מות
446
תמות
846
ותאמר
647
אלי
41
טוב
17
הדבר
211
שמעתי
820
I Kings 2:43
Gematria: 3996
ומדועלאשמרתאתשבעתיהוהואתהמצוהאשרצויתיעליך
Why did you not abide by the oath before GOD and by the orders that I gave you?”
The king said further to Shimei, “You know all the wrong, which you remember very well, that you did to my father David. Now GOD brings down your wrongdoing upon your own head.
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ויאמר
257
המלך
95
אלשמעי
451
אתה
406
ידעת
484
את
401
כלהרעה
330
אשר
501
ידע
84
לבבך
54
אשר
501
עשית
780
לדוד
44
אבי
13
והשיב
323
יהוה
26
אתרעתך
1091
בראשך
523
I Kings 2:45
Gematria: 1377
והמלךשלמהברוךוכסאדודיהיהנכוןלפנייהוהעדעולם
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before GOD forever.”
The king gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck ShimeikShimei Heb. “him.” down; and so he died.Thus the kingdom was secured in Solomon’s hands.