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1 Kings 2:44 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;1 Kings 2:44 · King James Version
1 Kings 2:44 in context
42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- ShimeiShimʻîyShimi, the name of twenty IsraelitesH8096 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- didstʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Here is, I. The preferment of Benaiah and Zadok, two faithful friends to Solomon and his government, Kg1 2:35. Joab being put to death, Benaiah was advanced to be general of the forces in his room, and, Abiathar being deposed, Zadok was made high priest in his room, and therein was fulfilled the word of God, when he…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 35-46