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1 Kings 2:9 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 9 · King James Version
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.1 Kings 2:9 · King James Version
1 Kings 2:9 in context
7But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Key words (Strong's)
- guiltlessnâqâhto be cleanH5352 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- graveshᵉʼôwlHades or the world of the dead , including its accessories and inmatesH7585 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- headsêybâhold ageH7872 →
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