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1 Kings 2 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 As the day of David's death approached, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
1 Y LLEGÁRONSE los días de David para morir, y mandó á Salomón su hijo, diciendo:
2 “I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.
2 Yo voy el camino de toda la tierra: esfuérzate, y sé varón.
3 Keep the commands of Yahweh your God to walk in his ways, to obey his statutes, his commandments, his decisions, and his covenant decrees, being careful to do what is written in the law of Moses, so you may prosper in all you do, wherever you go,
3 Guarda la ordenanza de Jehová tu Dios, andando en sus caminos, y observando sus estatutos y mandamientos, y sus derechos y sus testimonios, de la manera que está escrito en la ley de Moisés, para que seas dichoso en todo lo que hicieres, y en todo aquello á que te tornares;
4 so that Yahweh may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons carefully watch their conduct, to walk before me faithfully with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
4 Para que confirme Jehová la palabra que me habló, diciendo: Si tus hijos guardaren su camino, andando delante de mí con verdad, de todo su corazón, y de toda su alma, jamás, dice, faltará á ti varón del trono de Israel.
5 You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether, whom he killed. He shed the blood of war in peace and put the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the shoes on his feet.
5 Y ya sabes tú lo que me ha hecho Joab hijo de Sarvia, lo que hizo á dos generales del ejército de Israel, á Abner hijo de Ner, y á Amasa hijo de Jether, los cuales él mató, derramando en paz la sangre de guerra, y poniendo la sangre de guerra en su talabarte que tenía sobre sus lomos, y en sus zapatos que tenía en sus pies.
6 Deal with Joab by the wisdom you have learned, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
6 Tú pues harás conforme á tu sabiduría; no dejarás descender sus canas á la huesa en paz.
7 However, show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
7 Mas á los hijos de Barzillai Galaadita harás misericordia, que sean de los convidados á tu mesa; porque ellos vinieron así á mí, cuando iba huyendo de Absalom tu hermano.
8 Look, there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. Shimei came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
8 También tienes contigo á Semei hijo de Gera, hijo de Benjamín, de Bahurim, el cual me maldijo con una maldición fuerte el día que yo iba á Mahanaim. Mas él mismo descendió á recibirme al Jordán, y yo le juré por Jehová, diciendo: Yo no te mataré á cuchillo.
9 Now therefore do not let him go free from punishment. You are a wise man, and you will know what you ought to do to him. You will bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.”
9 Empero ahora no lo absolverás: que hombre sabio eres, y sabes cómo te has de haber con él: y harás descender sus canas con sangre á la sepultura.
10 Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.
10 Y David durmió con sus padres, y fué sepultado en la ciudad de David.
11 The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years. He had reigned for seven years in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
11 Los días que reinó David sobre Israel fueron cuarenta años: siete años reinó en Hebrón, y treinta y tres años reinó en Jerusalem.
12 Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.
12 Y se sentó Salomón en el trono de David su padre, y fué su reino firme en gran manera.
13 Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peacefully?” He replied, “Peacefully.”
13 Entonces Adonía hijo de Haggith vino á Bath-sheba madre de Salomón; y ella dijo: ¿Es tu venida de paz? Y él respondió: [Sí], de paz.
14 Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” So she replied, “Speak.”
14 En seguida dijo: [Una] palabra tengo que decirte. Y ella dijo: Di.
15 Adonijah said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel expected me to be king. But things changed, and the kingdom was given to my brother, for it was his from Yahweh.
15 Y él dijo: Tú sabes que el reino era mío, y que todo Israel había puesto en mí su rostro, para que yo reinara: mas el reino fué traspasado, y vino á mi hermano; porque por Jehová era suyo.
16 Now I have one request of you, and do not turn away from my face.” Bathsheba said to him, “Speak.”
16 Y ahora yo te hago una petición: no me hagas volver mi rostro. Y ella le dijo: Habla.
17 He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not turn away from your face, so that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
17 El entonces dijo: Yo te ruego que hables al rey Salomón, (porque él no te hará volver tu rostro,) para que me dé á Abisag Sunamita por mujer.
18 Bathsheba said, “Very well, I will speak to the king.”
18 Y Bath-sheba dijo: Bien; yo hablaré por ti al rey.
19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne brought for the king's mother. She sat at his right hand.
19 Y vino Bath-sheba al rey Salomón para hablarle por Adonía. Y el rey se levantó á recibirla, é inclinóse á ella, y volvió á sentarse en su trono, é hizo poner una silla á la madre del rey, la cual se sentó á su diestra.
20 Then she said, “I wish to ask one small request of you, for you will not turn away from my face.” The king answered her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away from your face.”
20 Y ella dijo: Una pequeña petición pretendo de ti; no me hagas volver mi rostro. Y el rey le dijo: Pide, madre mía, que yo no te haré volver el rostro.
21 She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”
21 Y ella dijo: Dése Abisag Sunamita por mujer á tu hermano Adonía.
22 King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why do you not ask the kingdom for him also, for he is my elder brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah?”
22 Y el rey Salomón respondió, y dijo á su madre: ¿Por qué pides á Abisag Sunamita para Adonía? Demanda también para él el reino, porque él es mi hermano mayor; y tiene también á Abiathar sacerdote, y á Joab hijo de Sarvia.
23 Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
23 Y el rey Salomón juró por Jehová, diciendo: Así me haga Dios y así me añada, que contra su vida ha hablado Adonía esta palabra.
24 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah will be put to death today.”
24 Ahora pues, vive Jehová, que me ha confirmado y me ha puesto sobre el trono de David mi padre, y que me ha hecho casa, como me había dicho, que Adonía morirá hoy.
25 So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Benaiah found Adonijah and put him to death.
25 Entonces el rey Salomón envió por mano de Benaía hijo de Joiada, el cual dió sobre él, y murió.
26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields. You are worthy of death, but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father and suffered in every way my father suffered.”
26 Y á Abiathar sacerdote dijo el rey: Vete á Anathoth á tus heredades, que tú eres digno de muerte; mas no te mataré hoy, por cuanto has llevado el arca del Señor Jehová delante de David mi padre, y además has sido trabajado en todas las cosas en que fué trabajado mi padre.
27 So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
27 Así echó Salomón á Abiathar del sacerdocio de Jehová, para que se cumpliese la palabra de Jehová que había dicho sobre la casa de Eli en Silo.
28 The news came to Joab, for Joab had supported Adonijah, though he had not supported Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.
28 Y vino la noticia hasta Joab: porque también Joab se había adherido á Adonía, si bien no se había adherido á Absalom. Y huyó Joab al tabernáculo de Jehová, y asióse á los cornijales del altar.
29 It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh and was now beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, execute him.”
29 Y fué hecho saber á Salomón que Joab había huído al tabernáculo de Jehová, y que estaba junto al altar. Entonces envió Salomón á Benaía hijo de Joiada, diciendo: Ve, y da sobre él.
30 So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said to him, “The king says, 'Come out.'” Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah returned to the king, saying, “Joab said he wanted to die at the altar.”
30 Y entró Benaía al tabernáculo de Jehová, y díjole: El rey ha dicho que salgas. Y él dijo: No, sino aquí moriré. Y Benaía volvió con esta respuesta al rey, diciendo: Así habló Joab, y así me respondió.
31 The king said to him, “Do as he has said. Kill him and bury him so that you may take away from me and from my father's house the blood that Joab shed without cause.
31 Y el rey le dijo: Haz como él ha dicho; mátale y entiérralo, y quita de mí y de la casa de mi padre la sangre que Joab ha derramado injustamente.
32 May Yahweh return his blood on his own head, because he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself and killed them with the sword, Abner son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, the captain of the army of Judah, without my father David knowing it.
32 Y Jehová hará tornar su sangre sobre su cabeza: que él ha muerto dos varones más justos y mejores que él, á los cuales mató á cuchillo sin que mi padre David supiese nada: á Abner hijo de Ner, general del ejército de Israel, y á Amasa hijo de Jether, general de ejército de Judá.
33 So may their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But to David and his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, may there be peace forever from Yahweh.”
33 La sangre pues de ellos recaerá sobre la cabeza de Joab, y sobre la cabeza de su simiente para siempre: mas sobre David y sobre su simiente, y sobre su casa y sobre su trono, habrá perpetuamente paz de parte de Jehová.
34 Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and attacked Joab and killed him. He was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
34 Entonces Benaía hijo de Joiada subió, y dió sobre él, y matólo; y fué sepultado en su casa en el desierto.
35 The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and he put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.
35 Y el rey puso en su lugar á Benaía hijo de Joiada sobre el ejército: y á Sadoc puso el rey por sacerdote en lugar de Abiathar.
36 Then the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any other place.
36 Después envió el rey, é hizo venir á Semei, y díjole: Edifícate una casa en Jerusalem, y mora ahí, y no salgas de allá á una parte ni á otra;
37 For on the day you go out, and pass over the Kidron Valley, know you for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
37 Porque sabe de cierto que el día que salieres, y pasares el torrente de Cedrón, sin duda morirás, y tu sangre será sobre tu cabeza.
38 So Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my master the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
38 Y Semei dijo al rey: La palabra es buena; como el rey mi señor ha dicho, así lo hará tu siervo. Y habitó Semei en Jerusalem muchos días.
39 But at the end of three years, two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, the king of Gath. So they told Shimei, saying, “See, your servants are in Gath.”
39 Pero pasados tres años, aconteció que se le huyeron á Semei dos siervos á Achîs, hijo de Maachâ, rey de Gath. Y dieron aviso á Semei, diciendo: He aquí que tus siervos están en Gath.
40 Then Shimei arose, saddled his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to seek his servants. He went and brought his servants back from Gath.
40 Levantóse entonces Semei, y enalbardó su asno, y fué á Gath, á Achîs, á procurar sus siervos. Fué pues Semei, y volvió sus siervos de Gath.
41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
41 Díjose luego á Salomón como Semei había ido de Jerusalem hasta Gath, y que había vuelto.
42 the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and testify to you, saying, 'Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any other place, you will surely die'? Then you said to me, 'What you say is good.'
42 Entonces el rey envió, é hizo venir á Semei, y díjole: ¿No te conjuré yo por Jehová, y te protesté, diciendo: El día que salieres, y fueres acá ó acullá, sabe de cierto que has de morir? Y tú me dijiste: La palabra es buena, yo la obedezco.
43 Why then have you not kept your oath to Yahweh and the command that I gave you?”
43 ¿Por qué pues no guardaste el juramento de Jehová, y el mandamiento que yo te impuse?
44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to my father David. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
44 Dijo además el rey á Semei: Tú sabes todo el mal, el cual tu corazón bien sabe, que cometiste contra mi padre David; Jehová pues, ha tornado el mal sobre tu cabeza.
45 But King Solomon will be blessed and the throne of David will be established before Yahweh forever.”
45 Y el rey Salomón será bendito, y el trono de David será firme perpetuamente delante de Jehová.
46 Then the king gave a command to Benaiah son of Jehoiada. He went out and put Shimei to death. So the rule was well established in Solomon's hand.
46 Entonces el rey mandó á Benaía hijo de Joiada, el cual salió é hirióle; y murió. Y el reino fué confirmado en la mano de Salomón.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abishag the Shunammite
A very beautiful girl from Shunem found to care for the aged King David and keep him warm, whom Adonijah later asked to marry.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 1:15; 1 Kings 2:17
Achish
Called 'son of Maacah', king of Gath, to whom two of Shimei's slaves ran away.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Kings 2:40
Adonijah
A son of David who tried to claim the throne ahead of Solomon in David's final days.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1-2
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon, remembered amid both sin and grace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1-2; Matthew 1:6
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Gera
Named as the father of Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8
Ithra
An Ishmaelite who married Abigail, sister of Zeruiah, and was the father of Amasa. 1 Kings 2:5 and 1 Chronicles 2:17 call him Jether.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 2:32
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (44)
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- 1 Genesis 47:29; Deuteronomy 31:14; Deuteronomy 31:23; Numbers 27:19; Deuteronomy 3:28
- 2 Joshua 1:6–7; Ephesians 6:10; Joshua 23:14; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Deuteronomy 31:23
- 3 Deuteronomy 29:9; Proverbs 3:1–4; Deuteronomy 17:18–20; Psalm 119:2; Joshua 1:7–8
- 4 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Samuel 7:25; 1 Kings 8:25; Psalm 132:11–12; Matthew 22:37
- 5 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:14
- 6 1 Kings 2:9; Isaiah 57:21; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 48:22; Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 7 2 Samuel 17:27–29; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 19:31–40; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 15:13–15
- 8 2 Samuel 16:5–8; Jeremiah 4:2; 1 Kings 2:36–46; 2 Samuel 19:16–23
- 9 1 Kings 2:6; Genesis 44:31; Genesis 42:38; Exodus 22:28; Numbers 32:23
- 10 Acts 2:29; Acts 13:36; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Chronicles 29:28
- 11 2 Samuel 5:4–5; 1 Chronicles 29:26–27
- 12 2 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 29:23–25; 2 Samuel 7:12–13; Psalm 132:12; 2 Samuel 7:29
- 13 1 Kings 1:50–53; 1 Kings 1:5–10; 1 Chronicles 12:17–18; 1 Samuel 16:4–5; 2 Kings 9:18–22
- 14 Luke 7:40; 2 Samuel 14:12
- 15 1 Chronicles 28:5–7; 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Kings 1:5; Daniel 2:22
- 16 Proverbs 30:7; Psalm 132:10
- 17 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 12:8; 1 Kings 1:2–4
- 18 Proverbs 14:15
- 19 Psalm 45:9; Leviticus 19:32; Leviticus 19:3; 1 Kings 15:13; Psalm 110:1
- 20 John 15:16; Matthew 11:24; Matthew 20:20–21; John 2:3–4; Matthew 18:19
- 21 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Samuel 16:21–22
- 22 1 Chronicles 3:2; James 4:3; 1 Kings 1:24–25; 2 Samuel 12:8; 1 Kings 1:5–7
- 23 Ruth 1:17; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9; 1 Kings 20:10; 2 Samuel 3:35
- 24 1 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Samuel 7:11–13; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 3:6–7
- 25 2 Samuel 8:18; Judges 8:20–21; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46; 2 Samuel 4:12
- 26 Joshua 21:18; 1 Samuel 22:20–23; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 15:24–29; Jeremiah 1:1
- 27 1 Samuel 2:27–36; 1 Samuel 3:12–14; Jeremiah 7:12–14; Joshua 18:1; Psalm 78:60
- 28 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 1:50; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 17:25; Exodus 27:2
- 29 1 Kings 2:25; Exodus 21:14; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Kings 2:46
- 31 Deuteronomy 21:8–9; Numbers 35:33; Exodus 21:14; 2 Samuel 3:28; Proverbs 28:17
- 32 Judges 9:24; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Psalm 7:16; Judges 9:57; 2 Samuel 20:9–10
- 33 2 Samuel 3:28–29; 1 Kings 2:32; Matthew 27:25; Proverbs 25:5; Isaiah 11:1–9
- 34 1 Kings 2:25; Matthew 3:1; Joshua 15:61; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:46
- 35 1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Chronicles 24:3; Psalm 109:8
- 36 2 Samuel 16:5–9; 1 Kings 2:8–9; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 14:28
- 37 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; Joshua 2:19; John 18:1; Leviticus 20:9
- 38 1 Kings 20:4; 2 Kings 20:19
- 39 1 Samuel 27:2–3; 1 Samuel 21:10
- 40 Proverbs 15:27; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:10
- 42 Luke 19:22; Psalm 15:4; Luke 15:22; 1 Kings 2:36–38
- 43 Ezekiel 17:18–19; Romans 13:5; 2 Chronicles 30:12; 2 Samuel 21:2; Ecclesiastes 8:2
- 44 2 Samuel 16:5–13; Psalm 7:16; 1 Samuel 25:39; Ezekiel 17:19; Proverbs 5:22
- 45 Proverbs 25:5; Psalm 21:6; 2 Samuel 7:13; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 72:17
- 46 1 Kings 2:12; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Proverbs 29:4; 1 Kings 2:45
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