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1 Kings 2:44 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 44 · King James Version
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.
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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