1 Kings 2:44-46
1599 Geneva Bible
44 The King said also to Shimei, [a]Thou knowest all the wickedness whereunto thine heart is privy, that thou didst to David my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickedness upon thine own head.
45 And let king Solomon be blessed, and the throne of David established before the Lord forever.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada: who went out and smote him that he died. And the (A)kingdom was [b]established in the hand of Solomon.
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- 1 Kings 2:44 For though thou wouldest deny, yet thine own conscience would accuse thee for reviling and doing wrong to my father, 2 Sam 16:5.
- 1 Kings 2:46 Because all his enemies were destroyed.
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