1Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

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Genesis 47:29, Genesis 47:29, Deuteronomy 31:14, Deuteronomy 31:14, Acts 20:28

2I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man,

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Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:7, Ephesians 6:10

3And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and keepe his statutes, and his commandements, and his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee,

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Deuteronomy 29:9, Deuteronomy 29:9, Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 17:20, Deuteronomy 17:18

4That the Lord may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel.

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1 Kings 8:25, 2 Samuel 7:25, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Kings 8:25, 2 Samuel 7:25

5Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battell in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feete.

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2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:10, 2 Samuel 20:10, 2 Samuel 18:5

6Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

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1 Kings 2:9, 1 Kings 2:9, Isaiah 48:22, Proverbs 28:17, Isaiah 57:21

7But shew kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eate at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.

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2 Samuel 17:27, 2 Samuel 17:29, 2 Samuel 17:27, 2 Samuel 17:29, 2 Samuel 9:7

8And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

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2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:8, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:8, 1 Kings 2:36

9But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.

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1 Kings 2:6, 1 Kings 2:6, Genesis 44:31, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:31

10So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

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Acts 2:29, Acts 2:29, Acts 13:36, Acts 13:36, 1 Kings 11:43

11And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie and three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

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2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5, 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Chronicles 29:26

12Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

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2 Chronicles 1:1, 2 Chronicles 1:1, 1 Chronicles 29:23, 1 Chronicles 29:25, 1 Chronicles 29:23

13And Adonijah the sonne of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon: and she saide, Commest thou peaceably? And hee said, Yea.

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1 Chronicles 12:17, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Luke 10:5, Luke 10:6, 1 Kings 1:50

14He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. And she sayd, Say on.

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Luke 7:40, 2 Samuel 14:12, Luke 7:40, 2 Samuel 14:12

15Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, and is my brothers: for it came to him by the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:7, 1 Chronicles 22:9

16Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.

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Psalms 132:10, Proverbs 30:7, Psalms 132:10, Proverbs 30:7

17And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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1 Kings 1:2, 1 Kings 1:4, 2 Samuel 3:7, 2 Samuel 12:8, 1 Kings 1:2

18And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.

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Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 14:15

19Bath-sheba therefore went vnto King Salomon, to speake vnto him for Adonijah: and the King rose to meete her, and bowed himselfe vnto her, and sate downe on his throne: and he caused a seate to be set for the Kings mother, and she sate at his right hand.

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Psalms 45:9, Psalms 45:9, Leviticus 19:3, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 19:32

20Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

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Matthew 11:24, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:11, Matthew 10:35, Matthew 10:36

21She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

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2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 1 Kings 1:3, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22

22But King Salomon answered and sayd vnto his mother, And why doest thou aske Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is mine elder brother, and hath for him both Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah.

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1 Chronicles 3:2, 1 Chronicles 3:2, Matthew 20:22, James 4:3, 1 Chronicles 3:5

23Then King Salomon sware by the Lord, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

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Ruth 1:17, Ruth 1:17, Psalms 140:9, Psalms 64:8, Psalms 140:9

24Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of Dauid my father, who also hath made me an house, as he promised, Adoniiah shall surely die this day.

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1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 22:10, Psalms 127:1, 1 Samuel 25:28, 1 Chronicles 29:23

25And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

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2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:31, 2 Samuel 4:12

26Then the King sayd vnto Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine owne fieldes: for thou art worthy of death: but I will not this day kill thee, because thou barest the Arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast suffered in all, wherein my father hath bene afflicted.

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Joshua 21:18, Joshua 21:18, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:23, 1 Samuel 22:20

27So Salomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 2:36, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 2:36, 1 Samuel 3:12

28Then tidings came to Ioab: (for Ioab had turned after Adoniiah, but he turned not after Absalom) and Ioab fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the hornes of the altar.

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1 Kings 1:50, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 1:50, 1 Kings 1:7, 2 Samuel 18:2

29And it was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and beholde, he is by the altar. Then Salomon sent Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, saying, Goe, fall vpon him.

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1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:25, Exodus 21:14, Exodus 21:14, Ezekiel 9:6

30And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out. And he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, and thus he answered me.

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31And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, and smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, from me and from the house of my father.

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Deuteronomy 21:8, Deuteronomy 21:9, Numbers 35:33, Deuteronomy 21:8, Deuteronomy 21:9

32And the Lord shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, and my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

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Judges 9:24, Judges 9:24, 2 Chronicles 21:13, Psalms 7:16, Judges 9:57

33Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shall there be peace for euer from the Lord.

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Matthew 27:25, 1 Kings 2:32, Matthew 27:25, 1 Kings 2:32, Psalms 109:6

34So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote him, and slewe him, and he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.

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Joshua 15:61, 1 Kings 2:25, Matthew 3:1, Joshua 15:61, 1 Kings 2:25

35And the King put Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roume ouer the hoste: and the King set Zadok the Priest in the roume of Abiathar.

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1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 4:4, 1 Chronicles 29:22, 1 Chronicles 24:3

36Afterwarde the King sent, and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

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1 Kings 2:8, 1 Kings 2:9, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:9, 1 Kings 2:8

37For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

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2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 15:23, Joshua 2:19

38And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant doe. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalem many dayes.

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1 Kings 20:4, 2 Kings 20:19, 1 Kings 20:4, 2 Kings 20:19

39And after three yeres two of the seruants of Shimei fled away vnto Achish sonne of Maachah King of Gath: and they tolde Shimei, saying, Behold, thy seruants be in Gath.

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1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:3, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:3

40And Shimei arose, and sadled his asse, and went to Gath to Achish, to seeke his seruantes: and Shimei went, and brought his seruants from Gath.

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Proverbs 15:27, 1 Timothy 6:10, Luke 12:15, Proverbs 15:27, 1 Timothy 6:10

41And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.

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42And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lord, and protested vnto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saydest vnto mee, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

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1 Kings 2:36, 1 Kings 2:38, Luke 19:22, Psalms 15:4, Luke 15:22

43Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lord, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

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2 Samuel 21:2, Romans 13:5, Ecclesiastes 8:2, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ezekiel 17:18

44The King sayde also to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that thou diddest to Dauid my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickednesse vpon thine owne head.

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2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:13, Ezekiel 17:19

45And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lord for euer.

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Proverbs 25:5, Proverbs 25:5, Psalms 21:6, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7

46So the King comanded Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada: who went out and smote him that he dyed. And the kingdome was established in the hand of Salomon.

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1 Kings 2:12, 2 Chronicles 1:1, 1 Kings 2:12, 2 Chronicles 1:1, Proverbs 29:4