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1Ki 2:1	Strong Concordance	Now the days [03117] of David [01732] drew nigh [07126] that he should die [04191]; and he charged [06680] Solomon [08010] his son [01121], saying [0559],
	King James	Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
DAVID DIES. (Kg1 2:1-11) David . . . charged Solomon his son--The charge recorded here was given to Solomon just before his death and is different from the farewell address delivered in public some time before (Ch1 28:2-9). It is introduced with great solemnity.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

DAVID DIES. (Kg1 2:1-11)

David . . . charged Solomon his son--The charge recorded here was given to Solomon just before his death and is different from the farewell address delivered in public some time before (Ch1 28:2-9). It is introduced with great solemnity.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The events related in 1 Chr. 28-29 had occurred in the interval which separates the last and this present chapter.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The anointing of Solomon as king, which was effected by David's command (1 Kings 1), is only briefly mentioned in Ch1 23:1 in the words, "When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel;" which serve as an introduction to the account of the arrangements made by David during the closing days of his life. After these arrangements have been described, there follow in 1 Chron 28 and 29 his last instructions and his death. The aged king gathered together the tribe-princes and the rest of the dignitaries and superior officers to a diet at Jerusalem, and having introduced Solomon to them as the successor chosen by God, exhorted them to keep the commandments of God, and urged upon Solomon and the whole assembly the building of the temple, gave his son the model of the temple and all the materials which he had collected towards its erection, called upon the great men of the kingdom to contribute to this work, which they willingly agreed to, and closed this last act of his reign with praise and thanksgiving to God and a great sacrificial festival, at which the assembled states of the realm made Solomon king a second time, and anointed him prince in the presence of Jehovah (Ch1 29:22). - A repetition of the anointing of the new king at the instigation of the states of the realm, accompanied by their solemn homage, had also taken place in the case of both Saul (2 Sam 11) and David (Sa2 2:4 and Sa2 5:3), and appears to have been an essential requirement to secure the general recognition of the king on the part of the nation, at any rate in those cases in which the succession to the throne was not undisputed. In order, therefore, to preclude any rebellion after his death, David summoned this national assembly again after Solomon's first anointing and ascent of the throne, that the representatives of the whole nation might pay the requisite homage to king Solomon, who had been installed as his successor according to the will of God. - To this national assembly, which is only reported in the Chronicles, there are appended the last instructions which David gave, according to Ch1 29:1-9 of our chapter, to his successor Solomon immediately before his death. Just as in the Chronicles, according to the peculiar plan of that work, there is no detailed description of the installation of David on the throne; so here the author of our books has omitted the account of this national diet, and the homage paid by the estates of the realm to the new king, as not being required by the purpose of his work, and has communicated the last personal admonitions and instructions of the dying king David instead. (Note: To refute the assertion of De Wette, Gramberg, and Thenius, that this account of the Chronicles arises from a free mode of dealing with the history, and an intention to suppress everything that did not contribute to the honour of David and his house, - an assertion which can only be attributed to their completely overlooking, not to say studiously ignoring, the different plans of the two works (the books of Kings on the one hand, and those of Chronicles on the other), - it will be sufficient to quote the unprejudiced and thoughtful decision of Bertheau, who says, in his Comm. on Ch1 23:1 : "These few words (Ch1 23:1) give in a condensed form the substance of the account in 1 Kings 1, which is intimately bound up with the account of the family affairs of David in the books of Samuel and Kings, and therefore, according to the whole plan of our historical work, would have been out of place in the Chronicles.") Kg1 2:1-3 David's Last Instructions and Death. - Kg1 2:1-4. When David saw that his life was drawing to a close, he first of all admonished his son Solomon to be valiant in the observance of the commandments of God. "I go the way of all the world" (as in Jos 23:14), i.e., the way of death; "be strong and be a man," - not "bear my departure bravely," as Thenius supposes, but prove thyself brave (cf. Sa1 4:9) to keep the commandments of the Lord. Just as in Sa1 4:9 the object in which the bravery is to show itself is appended simply by the copula Vv; so is it here also with וגו ושׁמרתּ. The phrase יי את־משׁמרת שׁמר, to keep the keeping of Jehovah, which so frequently occurs in the Thorah, i.e., to observe or obey whatever is to be observed in relation to Jehovah (cf. Gen 26:5; Lev 8:35; Lev 18:30, etc.), always receives its more precise definition from the context, and is used here, as in Gen 26:5, to denote obedience to the law of God in all its extent, or, according to the first definition, to walk in the ways of Jehovah. This is afterwards more fully expanded in the expression וגו חקּתין לשׁמר, to keep the ordinances, commandments, rights, and testimonies of Jehovah. These four words were applied to the different precepts of the law, the first three of which are connected together in Gen 26:5; Deu 5:28; Deu 8:11, and served to individualize the rich and manifold substance of the demands of the Lord to His people as laid down in the Thorah. תּשׂכּיל למען, that thou mayest act wisely and execute well, as in Deu 29:8; Jos 1:7. Kg1 2:4-5 Solomon would then experience still further this blessing of walking in the ways of the Lord, since the Lord would fulfil to him His promise of the everlasting possession of the throne. וגו יקים למען is grammatically subordinate to תּשׂכּיל למען in Kg1 2:3. The word which Jehovah has spoken concerning David (עלי דּבּר) is the promise in Sa2 7:12., the substance of which is quoted here by David with a negative turn, וגו יכּרת לא, and with express allusion to the condition on which God would assuredly fulfil His promise, viz., if the descendants of David preserve their ways, to walk before the Lord in truth. בּאמת is more precisely defined by נפשׁם...בּכל. For the fact itself see Deu 5:5; Deu 11:13, Deu 11:18. The formula וגו יכּרת לא is formed after Sa1 2:33 (compare also Sa2 3:29 and Jos 9:23). "There shall not be cut off to thee a man from upon the throne of Israel," i.e., there shall never be wanting to thee a descendant to take the throne; in other words, the sovereignty shall always remain in thy family. This promise, which reads thus in Sa2 7:16, "Thy house and thy kingdom shall be continual for ever before thee, and thy throne stand fast for ever," and which was confirmed to Solomon by the Lord Himself after his prayer at the consecration of the temple (Kg1 8:25; Kg1 9:5), is not to be understood as implying that no king of the Davidic house would be thrust away from the throne, but simply affirms that the posterity of David was not to be cut off, so as to leave no offshoot which could take possession of the throne. Its ultimate fulfilment it received in Christ (see at Sa2 7:12.). The second לאמר in Sa2 7:4 is not to be erased as suspicious, as being merely a repetition of the first in consequence of the long conditional clause, even though it is wanting in the Vulgate, the Arabic, and a Hebrew codex. After a general admonition David communicated to his successor a few more special instructions; viz., first of all (Sa2 7:5, Sa2 7:6), to punish Joab for his wickedness. "What Joab did to me:" - of this David mentions only the two principal crimes of Joab, by which he had already twice deserved death, namely, his killing the two generals. Abner (Sa2 3:27) and Amasa the son of Jether (Sa2 20:10). The name יתר is written יתרא in Sa2 17:25. Joab had murdered both of them out of jealousy in a treacherous and malicious manner; and thereby he had not only grievously displeased David and bidden defiance to his royal authority, but by the murder of Abner had exposed the king to the suspicion in the eyes of the people of having instigated the crime (see at Sa2 3:28, Sa2 3:37). דּמי מ ויּשׂם "and he made war-blood in peace," i.e., he shed in the time of peace blood that ought only to flow in war (שׂים in the sense of making, as in Deu 14:1; Exo 10:2, etc.), "and brought war-blood upon his girdle which was about his loins, and upon his shoes under his feet," sc. in the time of peace. This was the crime therefore: that Joab had murdered the two generals in a time of peace, as one ought only to slay his opponent in time of war. Girdle and shoes, the principal features in oriental attire when a man is preparing himself for any business, were covered with blood, since Joab, while saluting them, had treacherously stabbed both of them with the sword. David ought to have punished these two crimes; but when Abner was murdered, he felt himself too weak to visit a man like Joab with the punishment he deserved, as he had only just been anointed king, and consequently he did nothing more than invoke divine retribution upon his head (Sa2 3:29). And when Amasa was slain, the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba had crippled the power of David too much, for him to visit the deed with the punishment that was due. But as king of the nation of God, it was not right for him to allow such crimes to pass unpunished: he therefore transferred the punishment, for which he had wanted the requisite power, to his son and successor. Kg1 2:6 "Do according to thy wisdom ("mark the proper opportunity of punishing him" - Seb. Schmidt), and let not his grey hair go down into hell (the region of the dead) in peace (i.e., punished)." The punishment of so powerful a man as Joab the commander-in-chief was, required great wisdom, to avoid occasioning a rebellion in the army, which was devoted to him. Kg1 2:7 If the demands of justice required that Joab should be punished, the duty of gratitude was no less holy to the dying king. And Solomon was to show this to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and make them companions of his table; because Barzillai had supplied David with provisions on his flight from Absalom (Sa2 17:27., Sa2 19:32.). שׁלחנך בּאכלי והיוּ, "let them be among those eating of thy table;" i.e., not, "let them draw their food from the royal table," - for there was no particular distinction in this, as all the royal attendants at the court received their food from the royal kitchen, as an equivalent for the pay that was owing - but, "let them join in the meals at the royal table." The fact that in Sa2 9:10-11, Sa2 9:13, we have על־שׁלחן אכל to express this, makes no material difference. According to Sa2 19:38, Barzillai had, it is true, allowed only one son to follow the king to his court. "For so they drew near to me," i.e., they showed the kindness to me of supplying me with food; compare Sa2 17:27, where Barzillai alone is named, though, as he was a man of eighty years old, he was certainly supported by his sons. Kg1 2:8-9 On the other hand, Shimei the Benjamite had shown great hostility to David (cf. Sa2 16:5-8). He had cursed him with a vehement curse as he fled from Absalom (נמרצת, vehement, violent, not ill, heillos, from the primary meaning to be sick or ill, as Thenius supposes, since it cannot be shown that מרץ has any such meaning); and when David returned to Jerusalem and Shimei fell at his feet, he had promised to spare his life, because he did not want to mar the joy at his reinstatement in his kingdom by an act of punishment (Sa2 19:19-24), and therefore had personally forgiven him. But the insult which Shimei had offered in his person to the anointed of the Lord, as king and representative of the rights of God, he could not forgive. The instruction given to his successor (אל־תּנקּהוּ, let him not be guiltless) did not spring from personal revenge, but was the duty of the king as judge and administrator of the divine right. (Note: "Shimei is and remains rather a proof of David's magnanimity than of vengeance. It was not a little thing to tolerate the miscreant in his immediate neighbourhood for his whole life long (not even banishment being thought of). And if under the following reign also he had been allowed to end his days in peace (which had never been promised him), this would have been a kindness which would have furnished an example of unpunished crimes that might easily have been abused." This is the verdict of J. J. Hess in his Geschichte Davids, ii. p. 221.) It follows from the expression עמּך, with thee, i.e., in thy neighbourhood, that Shimei was living at that time in Jerusalem (cf. Kg1 2:36). Kg1 2:10-11 After these instructions David died, and was buried in the city of David, i.e., upon Mount Zion, where the sepulchre of David still existed in the time of Christ (Act 2:29). (Note: The situation of the tombs of the kings of Judah upon Zion, Thenius has attempted to trace minutely in a separate article in Illgen's Zeitschrift fr die histor. Theol. 1844, i. p. 1ff., and more especially to show that the entrance to these tombs must have been on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, which falls into the valley of Tyropoeon, and obliquely opposite to the spring of Siloah. This is in harmony with the statement of Theodoret (quaest. 6 in iii. Reg.), to the effect that Josephus says, τὸ δὲ μνῆμα (τῆς ταφῆς) παρὰ τὴν Σιλοὰμ εἶναι ἀντροειδὲς ἔχον τὸ σχῆμα, καὶ τῆν βασιλικὴν δηλοῦν πολυτέλειαν; although this statement does not occur in any passage of his works as they have come down to us.) On the length of his reign see Sa2 5:5.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The anointing of Solomon as king, which was effected by David's command (1 Kings 1), is only briefly mentioned in Ch1 23:1 in the words, "When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel;" which serve as an introduction to the account of the arrangements made by David during the closing days of his life. After these arrangements have been described, there follow in 1 Chron 28 and 29 his last instructions and his death. The aged king gathered together the tribe-princes and the rest of the dignitaries and superior officers to a diet at Jerusalem, and having introduced Solomon to them as the successor chosen by God, exhorted them to keep the commandments of God, and urged upon Solomon and the whole assembly the building of the temple, gave his son the model of the temple and all the materials which he had collected towards its erection, called upon the great men of the kingdom to contribute to this work, which they willingly agreed to, and closed this last act of his reign with praise and thanksgiving to God and a great sacrificial festival, at which the assembled states of the realm made Solomon king a second time, and anointed him prince in the presence of Jehovah (Ch1 29:22). - A repetition of the anointing of the new king at the instigation of the states of the realm, accompanied by their solemn homage, had also taken place in the case of both Saul (2 Sam 11) and David (Sa2 2:4 and Sa2 5:3), and appears to have been an essential requirement to secure the general recognition of the king on the part of the nation, at any rate in those cases in which the succession to the throne was not undisputed. In order, therefore, to preclude any rebellion after his death, David summoned this national assembly again after Solomon's first anointing and ascent of the throne, that the representatives of the whole nation might pay the requisite homage to king Solomon, who had been installed as his successor according to the will of God. - To this national assembly, which is only reported in the Chronicles, there are appended the last instructions which David gave, according to Ch1 29:1-9 of our chapter, to his successor Solomon immediately before his death. Just as in the Chronicles, according to the peculiar plan of that work, there is no detailed description of the installation of David on the throne; so here the author of our books has omitted the account of this national diet, and the homage paid by the estates of the realm to the new king, as not being required by the purpose of his work, and has communicated the last personal admonitions and instructions of the dying king David instead.

(Note: To refute the assertion of De Wette, Gramberg, and Thenius, that this account of the Chronicles arises from a free mode of dealing with the history, and an intention to suppress everything that did not contribute to the honour of David and his house, - an assertion which can only be attributed to their completely overlooking, not to say studiously ignoring, the different plans of the two works (the books of Kings on the one hand, and those of Chronicles on the other), - it will be sufficient to quote the unprejudiced and thoughtful decision of Bertheau, who says, in his Comm. on Ch1 23:1 : "These few words (Ch1 23:1) give in a condensed form the substance of the account in 1 Kings 1, which is intimately bound up with the account of the family affairs of David in the books of Samuel and Kings, and therefore, according to the whole plan of our historical work, would have been out of place in the Chronicles.")

Kg1 2:1-3

David's Last Instructions and Death. - Kg1 2:1-4. When David saw that his life was drawing to a close, he first of all admonished his son Solomon to be valiant in the observance of the commandments of God. "I go the way of all the world" (as in Jos 23:14), i.e., the way of death; "be strong and be a man," - not "bear my departure bravely," as Thenius supposes, but prove thyself brave (cf. Sa1 4:9) to keep the commandments of the Lord. Just as in Sa1 4:9 the object in which the bravery is to show itself is appended simply by the copula Vv; so is it here also with וגו ושׁמרתּ. The phrase יי את־משׁמרת שׁמר, to keep the keeping of Jehovah, which so frequently occurs in the Thorah, i.e., to observe or obey whatever is to be observed in relation to Jehovah (cf. Gen 26:5; Lev 8:35; Lev 18:30, etc.), always receives its more precise definition from the context, and is used here, as in Gen 26:5, to denote obedience to the law of God in all its extent, or, according to the first definition, to walk in the ways of Jehovah. This is afterwards more fully expanded in the expression וגו חקּתין לשׁמר, to keep the ordinances, commandments, rights, and testimonies of Jehovah. These four words were applied to the different precepts of the law, the first three of which are connected together in Gen 26:5; Deu 5:28; Deu 8:11, and served to individualize the rich and manifold substance of the demands of the Lord to His people as laid down in the Thorah. תּשׂכּיל למען, that thou mayest act wisely and execute well, as in Deu 29:8; Jos 1:7.

Kg1 2:4-5

Solomon would then experience still further this blessing of walking in the ways of the Lord, since the Lord would fulfil to him His promise of the everlasting possession of the throne. וגו יקים למען is grammatically subordinate to תּשׂכּיל למען in Kg1 2:3. The word which Jehovah has spoken concerning David (עלי דּבּר) is the promise in Sa2 7:12., the substance of which is quoted here by David with a negative turn, וגו יכּרת לא, and with express allusion to the condition on which God would assuredly fulfil His promise, viz., if the descendants of David preserve their ways, to walk before the Lord in truth. בּאמת is more precisely defined by נפשׁם...בּכל. For the fact itself see Deu 5:5; Deu 11:13, Deu 11:18. The formula וגו יכּרת לא is formed after Sa1 2:33 (compare also Sa2 3:29 and Jos 9:23). "There shall not be cut off to thee a man from upon the throne of Israel," i.e., there shall never be wanting to thee a descendant to take the throne; in other words, the sovereignty shall always remain in thy family. This promise, which reads thus in Sa2 7:16, "Thy house and thy kingdom shall be continual for ever before thee, and thy throne stand fast for ever," and which was confirmed to Solomon by the Lord Himself after his prayer at the consecration of the temple (Kg1 8:25; Kg1 9:5), is not to be understood as implying that no king of the Davidic house would be thrust away from the throne, but simply affirms that the posterity of David was not to be cut off, so as to leave no offshoot which could take possession of the throne. Its ultimate fulfilment it received in Christ (see at Sa2 7:12.). The second לאמר in Sa2 7:4 is not to be erased as suspicious, as being merely a repetition of the first in consequence of the long conditional clause, even though it is wanting in the Vulgate, the Arabic, and a Hebrew codex.

After a general admonition David communicated to his successor a few more special instructions; viz., first of all (Sa2 7:5, Sa2 7:6), to punish Joab for his wickedness. "What Joab did to me:" - of this David mentions only the two principal crimes of Joab, by which he had already twice deserved death, namely, his killing the two generals. Abner (Sa2 3:27) and Amasa the son of Jether (Sa2 20:10). The name יתר is written יתרא in Sa2 17:25. Joab had murdered both of them out of jealousy in a treacherous and malicious manner; and thereby he had not only grievously displeased David and bidden defiance to his royal authority, but by the murder of Abner had exposed the king to the suspicion in the eyes of the people of having instigated the crime (see at Sa2 3:28, Sa2 3:37). דּמי מ ויּשׂם "and he made war-blood in peace," i.e., he shed in the time of peace blood that ought only to flow in war (שׂים in the sense of making, as in Deu 14:1; Exo 10:2, etc.), "and brought war-blood upon his girdle which was about his loins, and upon his shoes under his feet," sc. in the time of peace. This was the crime therefore: that Joab had murdered the two generals in a time of peace, as one ought only to slay his opponent in time of war. Girdle and shoes, the principal features in oriental attire when a man is preparing himself for any business, were covered with blood, since Joab, while saluting them, had treacherously stabbed both of them with the sword. David ought to have punished these two crimes; but when Abner was murdered, he felt himself too weak to visit a man like Joab with the punishment he deserved, as he had only just been anointed king, and consequently he did nothing more than invoke divine retribution upon his head (Sa2 3:29). And when Amasa was slain, the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba had crippled the power of David too much, for him to visit the deed with the punishment that was due. But as king of the nation of God, it was not right for him to allow such crimes to pass unpunished: he therefore transferred the punishment, for which he had wanted the requisite power, to his son and successor.

Kg1 2:6

"Do according to thy wisdom ("mark the proper opportunity of punishing him" - Seb. Schmidt), and let not his grey hair go down into hell (the region of the dead) in peace (i.e., punished)." The punishment of so powerful a man as Joab the commander-in-chief was, required great wisdom, to avoid occasioning a rebellion in the army, which was devoted to him.

Kg1 2:7

If the demands of justice required that Joab should be punished, the duty of gratitude was no less holy to the dying king. And Solomon was to show this to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and make them companions of his table; because Barzillai had supplied David with provisions on his flight from Absalom (Sa2 17:27., Sa2 19:32.). שׁלחנך בּאכלי והיוּ, "let them be among those eating of thy table;" i.e., not, "let them draw their food from the royal table," - for there was no particular distinction in this, as all the royal attendants at the court received their food from the royal kitchen, as an equivalent for the pay that was owing - but, "let them join in the meals at the royal table." The fact that in Sa2 9:10-11, Sa2 9:13, we have על־שׁלחן אכל to express this, makes no material difference. According to Sa2 19:38, Barzillai had, it is true, allowed only one son to follow the king to his court. "For so they drew near to me," i.e., they showed the kindness to me of supplying me with food; compare Sa2 17:27, where Barzillai alone is named, though, as he was a man of eighty years old, he was certainly supported by his sons.

Kg1 2:8-9

On the other hand, Shimei the Benjamite had shown great hostility to David (cf. Sa2 16:5-8). He had cursed him with a vehement curse as he fled from Absalom (נמרצת, vehement, violent, not ill, heillos, from the primary meaning to be sick or ill, as Thenius supposes, since it cannot be shown that מרץ has any such meaning); and when David returned to Jerusalem and Shimei fell at his feet, he had promised to spare his life, because he did not want to mar the joy at his reinstatement in his kingdom by an act of punishment (Sa2 19:19-24), and therefore had personally forgiven him. But the insult which Shimei had offered in his person to the anointed of the Lord, as king and representative of the rights of God, he could not forgive. The instruction given to his successor (אל־תּנקּהוּ, let him not be guiltless) did not spring from personal revenge, but was the duty of the king as judge and administrator of the divine right.

(Note: "Shimei is and remains rather a proof of David's magnanimity than of vengeance. It was not a little thing to tolerate the miscreant in his immediate neighbourhood for his whole life long (not even banishment being thought of). And if under the following reign also he had been allowed to end his days in peace (which had never been promised him), this would have been a kindness which would have furnished an example of unpunished crimes that might easily have been abused." This is the verdict of J. J. Hess in his Geschichte Davids, ii. p. 221.)

It follows from the expression עמּך, with thee, i.e., in thy neighbourhood, that Shimei was living at that time in Jerusalem (cf. Kg1 2:36).

Kg1 2:10-11

After these instructions David died, and was buried in the city of David, i.e., upon Mount Zion, where the sepulchre of David still existed in the time of Christ (Act 2:29).

(Note: The situation of the tombs of the kings of Judah upon Zion, Thenius has attempted to trace minutely in a separate article in Illgen's Zeitschrift fr die histor. Theol. 1844, i. p. 1ff., and more especially to show that the entrance to these tombs must have been on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, which falls into the valley of Tyropoeon, and obliquely opposite to the spring of Siloah. This is in harmony with the statement of Theodoret (quaest. 6 in iii. Reg.), to the effect that Josephus says, τὸ δὲ μνῆμα (τῆς ταφῆς) παρὰ τὴν Σιλοὰμ εἶναι ἀντροειδὲς ἔχον τὸ σχῆμα, καὶ τῆν βασιλικὴν δηλοῦν πολυτέλειαν; although this statement does not occur in any passage of his works as they have come down to us.)

On the length of his reign see Sa2 5:5.

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² Then David [01732] the king [04428] stood up [06965] upon his feet [07272], and said [0559], Hear [08085] me, my brethren [0251], and my people [05971]: As for me, I had in mine heart [03824] to build [01129] an house [01004] of rest [04496] for the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068], and for the footstool [01916] [07272] of our God [0430], and had made ready [03559] for the building [01129]:
³ But God [0430] said [0559] unto me, Thou shalt not build [01129] an house [01004] for my name [08034], because thou hast been a man [0376] of war [04421], and hast shed [08210] blood [01818].
⁴ Howbeit the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] chose [0977] me before all the house [01004] of my father [01] to be king [04428] over Israel [03478] for ever [05769]: for he hath chosen [0977] Judah [03063] to be the ruler [05057]; and of the house [01004] of Judah [03063], the house [01004] of my father [01]; and among the sons [01121] of my father [01] he liked [07521] me to make me king [04427] over all Israel [03478]:
⁵ And of all my sons [01121], (for the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] me many [07227] sons [01121],) he hath chosen [0977] Solomon [08010] my son [01121] to sit [03427] upon the throne [03678] of the kingdom [04438] of the LORD [03068] over Israel [03478].
⁶ And he said [0559] unto me, Solomon [08010] thy son [01121], he shall build [01129] my house [01004] and my courts [02691]: for I have chosen [0977] him to be my son [01121], and I will be his father [01].
⁷ Moreover I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04438] for ever [05769], if he be constant [02388] to do [06213] my commandments [04687] and my judgments [04941], as at this day [03117].
⁸ Now therefore in the sight [05869] of all Israel [03478] the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068], and in the audience [0241] of our God [0430], keep [08104] and seek [01875] for all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: that ye may possess [03423] this good [02896] land [0776], and leave it for an inheritance [05157] for your children [01121] after [0310] you for [05704] ever [05769].
⁹ And thou, Solomon [08010] my son [01121], know [03045] thou the God [0430] of thy father [01], and serve [05647] him with a perfect [08003] heart [03820] and with a willing [02655] mind [05315]: for the LORD [03068] searcheth [01875] all hearts [03824], and understandeth [0995] all the imaginations [03336] of the thoughts [04284]: if thou seek [01875] him, he will be found [04672] of thee; but if thou forsake [05800] him, he will cast thee off [02186] for ever [05703].

¹ Now the days [03117] of David [01732] drew nigh [07126] that he should die [04191]; and he charged [06680] Solomon [08010] his son [01121], saying [0559],
² I go [01980] the way [01870] of all the earth [0776]: be thou strong [02388] therefore, and shew thyself a man [0376];
³ And keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to walk [03212] in his ways [01870], to keep [08104] his statutes [02708], and his commandments [04687], and his judgments [04941], and his testimonies [05715], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of Moses [04872], that thou mayest prosper [07919] in all that thou doest [06213], and whithersoever thou turnest [06437] thyself:
⁴ That the LORD [03068] may continue [06965] his word [01697] which he spake [01696] concerning me, saying [0559], If thy children [01121] take heed [08104] to their way [01870], to walk [03212] before [06440] me in truth [0571] with all their heart [03824] and with all their soul [05315], there shall not fail [03772] thee (said [0559] he) a man [0376] on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478].
⁵ Moreover thou knowest [03045] also what Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] did [06213] to me, and what he did [06213] to the two [08147] captains [08269] of the hosts [06635] of Israel [03478], unto Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], and unto Amasa [06021] the son [01121] of Jether [03500], whom he slew [02026], and shed [07760] the blood [01818] of war [04421] in peace [07965], and put [05414] the blood [01818] of war [04421] upon his girdle [02290] that was about his loins [04975], and in his shoes [05275] that were on his feet [07272].
⁶ Do [06213] therefore according to thy wisdom [02451], and let not his hoar head [07872] go down [03381] to the grave [07585] in peace [07965].
⁷ But shew [06213] kindness [02617] unto the sons [01121] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569], and let them be of those that eat [0398] at thy table [07979]: for so they came [07126] to me when I fled [01272] because [06440] of Absalom [053] thy brother [0251].
⁸ And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145] of Bahurim [0980], which cursed [07043] me with a grievous [04834] curse [07045] in the day [03117] when I went [03212] to Mahanaim [04266]: but he came down [03381] to meet [07125] me at Jordan [03383], and I sware [07650] to him by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], I will not put thee to death [04191] with the sword [02719].
⁹ Now therefore hold him not guiltless [05352]: for thou art a wise [02450] man [0376], and knowest [03045] what thou oughtest to do [06213] unto him; but his hoar head [07872] bring thou down [03381] to the grave [07585] with blood [01818].
¹⁰ So David [01732] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in the city [05892] of David [01732].
¹¹ And the days [03117] that David [01732] reigned [04427] over Israel [03478] were forty [0705] years [08141]: seven [07651] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Hebron [02275], and thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389].

⁵ In Hebron [02275] he reigned [04427] over Judah [03063] seven [07651] years [08141] and six [08337] months [02320]: and in Jerusalem [03389] he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] over all Israel [03478] and Judah [03063].

²⁹ Men [435] and brethren [80], let [2036] me [1832] freely [3326] [3954] speak [2036] unto [4314] you [5209] of [4012] the patriarch [3966] David [1138], that [3754] he is [5053] both [2532] dead [5053] and [2532] buried [2290], and [2532] his [846] sepulchre [3418] is [2076] with [1722] us [2254] unto [891] this [5026] day [2250].

¹⁰ So David [01732] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in the city [05892] of David [01732].
¹¹ And the days [03117] that David [01732] reigned [04427] over Israel [03478] were forty [0705] years [08141]: seven [07651] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Hebron [02275], and thirty [07970] and three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389].

³⁶ And the king [04428] sent [07971] and called [07121] for Shimei [08096], and said [0559] unto him, Build [01129] thee an house [01004] in Jerusalem [03389], and dwell [03427] there, and go not forth [03318] thence any whither [0575].

¹⁹ And said [0559] unto the king [04428], Let not my lord [0113] impute [02803] iniquity [05771] unto me, neither do thou remember [02142] that which thy servant [05650] did perversely [05753] the day [03117] that my lord [0113] the king [04428] went out [03318] of Jerusalem [03389], that the king [04428] should take [07760] it to his heart [03820].
²⁰ For thy servant [05650] doth know [03045] that I have sinned [02398]: therefore, behold, I am come [0935] the first [07223] this day [03117] of all the house [01004] of Joseph [03130] to go down [03381] to meet [07125] my lord [0113] the king [04428].
²¹ But Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] answered [06030] and said [0559], Shall not Shimei [08096] be put to death [04191] for this, because he cursed [07043] the LORD'S [03068] anointed [04899]?
²² And David [01732] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], that ye should this day [03117] be adversaries [07854] unto me? shall there any man [0376] be put to death [04191] this day [03117] in Israel [03478]? for do not I know [03045] that I am this day [03117] king [04428] over Israel [03478]?
²³ Therefore the king [04428] said [0559] unto Shimei [08096], Thou shalt not die [04191]. And the king [04428] sware [07650] unto him.
²⁴ And Mephibosheth [04648] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] came down [03381] to meet [07125] the king [04428], and had neither [03808] dressed [06213] his feet [07272], nor trimmed [06213] his beard [08222], nor washed [03526] his clothes [0899], from the day [03117] the king [04428] departed [03212] until the day [03117] he came [0935] again in peace [07965].

⁵ And when king [04428] David [01732] came [0935] to Bahurim [0980], behold, thence came out [03318] a man [0376] of the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], whose name [08034] was Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Gera [01617]: he came forth [03318], and cursed [07043] still as he came [03318].
⁶ And he cast [05619] stones [068] at David [01732], and at all the servants [05650] of king [04428] David [01732]: and all the people [05971] and all the mighty men [01368] were on his right hand [03225] and on his left [08040].
⁷ And thus said [0559] Shimei [08096] when he cursed [07043], Come out [03318], come out [03318], thou bloody [01818] man [0376], and thou man [0376] of Belial [01100]:
⁸ The LORD [03068] hath returned [07725] upon thee all the blood [01818] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], in whose stead thou hast reigned [04427]; and the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] the kingdom [04410] into the hand [03027] of Absalom [053] thy son [01121]: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief [07451], because thou art a bloody [01818] man [0376].

⁸ And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145] of Bahurim [0980], which cursed [07043] me with a grievous [04834] curse [07045] in the day [03117] when I went [03212] to Mahanaim [04266]: but he came down [03381] to meet [07125] me at Jordan [03383], and I sware [07650] to him by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], I will not put thee to death [04191] with the sword [02719].
⁹ Now therefore hold him not guiltless [05352]: for thou art a wise [02450] man [0376], and knowest [03045] what thou oughtest to do [06213] unto him; but his hoar head [07872] bring thou down [03381] to the grave [07585] with blood [01818].

²⁷ And it came to pass, when David [01732] was come [0935] to Mahanaim [04266], that Shobi [07629] the son [01121] of Nahash [05176] of Rabbah [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988] of Lodebar [03810], and Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] of Rogelim [07274],

³⁸ And the king [04428] answered [0559], Chimham [03643] shall go [05674] over with me, and I will do [06213] to him that which shall seem good [02896] [05869] unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require [0977] of me, that will I do [06213] for thee.

¹³ So Mephibosheth [04648] dwelt [03427] in Jerusalem [03389]: for he did eat [0398] continually [08548] at the king's [04428] table [07979]; and was lame [06455] on both [08147] his feet [07272].

¹⁰ Thou therefore, and thy sons [01121], and thy servants [05650], shall till [05647] the land [0127] for him, and thou shalt bring [0935] in the fruits, that thy master's [0113] son [01121] may have food [03899] to eat [0398]: but Mephibosheth [04648] thy master's [0113] son [01121] shall eat [0398] bread [03899] alway [08548] at my table [07979]. Now Ziba [06717] had fifteen [02568] [06240] sons [01121] and twenty [06242] servants [05650].
¹¹ Then said [0559] Ziba [06717] unto the king [04428], According to all that my lord [0113] the king [04428] hath commanded [06680] his servant [05650], so shall thy servant [05650] do [06213]. As for Mephibosheth [04648], said the king, he shall eat [0398] at my table [07979], as one [0259] of the king's [04428] sons [01121].

³² Now Barzillai [01271] was a very [03966] aged [02204] man, even fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121]: and he had provided the king [04428] of sustenance [03557] while he lay [07871] at Mahanaim [04266]; for he was a very [03966] great [01419] man [0376].

⁷ But shew [06213] kindness [02617] unto the sons [01121] of Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569], and let them be of those that eat [0398] at thy table [07979]: for so they came [07126] to me when I fled [01272] because [06440] of Absalom [053] thy brother [0251].

⁶ Do [06213] therefore according to thy wisdom [02451], and let not his hoar head [07872] go down [03381] to the grave [07585] in peace [07965].

²⁹ Let it rest [02342] on the head [07218] of Joab [03097], and on all his father's [01] house [01004]; and let there not fail [03772] from the house [01004] of Joab [03097] one that hath an issue [02100], or that is a leper [06879], or that leaneth [02388] on a staff [06418], or that falleth [05307] on the sword [02719], or that lacketh [02638] bread [03899].

² And that thou mayest tell [05608] in the ears [0241] of thy son [01121], and of thy son's [01121] son [01121], what things I have wrought [05953] in Egypt [04714], and my signs [0226] which I have done [07760] among them; that ye may know [03045] how that I am the LORD [03068].

¹ Ye are the children [01121] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall not cut [01413] yourselves, nor make [07760] any baldness [07144] between your eyes [05869] for the dead [04191].

³⁷ For all the people [05971] and all Israel [03478] understood [03045] that day [03117] that it was not of the king [04428] to slay [04191] Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369].

²⁸ And afterward [0310] when David [01732] heard [08085] it, he said [0559], I and my kingdom [04467] are guiltless [05355] before the LORD [03068] for [05704] ever [05769] from the blood [01818] of Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369]:

²⁵ And Absalom [053] made [07760] Amasa [06021] captain of the host [06635] instead of Joab [03097]: which Amasa [06021] was a man's [0376] son [01121], whose name [08034] was Ithra [03501] an Israelite [03481], that went in [0935] to Abigail [026] the daughter [01323] of Nahash [05176], sister [0269] to Zeruiah [06870] Joab's [03097] mother [0517].

¹⁰ But Amasa [06021] took no heed [08104] to the sword [02719] that was in Joab's [03097] hand [03027]: so he smote [05221] him therewith in the fifth [02570] rib, and shed out [08210] his bowels [04578] to the ground [0776], and struck him not again [08138]; and he died [04191]. So Joab [03097] and Abishai [052] his brother [0251] pursued [07291] after [0310] Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075].

²⁷ And when Abner [074] was returned [07725] to Hebron [02275], Joab [03097] took him aside [05186] in [0413] [08432] the gate [08179] to speak [01696] with him quietly [07987], and smote [05221] him there under the fifth [02570] rib, that he died [04191], for the blood [01818] of Asahel [06214] his brother [0251].

⁶ Whereas I have not dwelt [03427] in any house [01004] since the time [03117] that I brought up [05927] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], even to this day [03117], but have walked [01980] in a tent [0168] and in a tabernacle [04908].

⁵ Go [03212] and tell [0559] my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Shalt thou build [01129] me an house [01004] for me to dwell in [03427]?

⁴ And it came to pass that night [03915], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto Nathan [05416], saying [0559],

¹² And when thy days [03117] be fulfilled [04390], and thou shalt sleep [07901] with thy fathers [01], I will set up [06965] thy seed [02233] after [0310] thee, which shall proceed [03318] out of thy bowels [04578], and I will establish [03559] his kingdom [04467].

⁵ Then I will establish [06965] the throne [03678] of thy kingdom [04467] upon Israel [03478] for ever [05769], as I promised [01696] to David [01732] thy father [01], saying [0559], There shall not fail [03772] thee a man [0376] upon the throne [03678] of Israel [03478].

²⁵ Therefore now, LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], keep [08104] with thy servant [05650] David [01732] my father [01] that thou promisedst [01696] him, saying [0559], There shall not fail [03772] thee a man [0376] in my sight [06440] to sit [03427] on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478]; so [07535] that thy children [01121] take heed [08104] to their way [01870], that they walk [03212] before [06440] me as thou hast walked [01980] before [06440] me.

¹⁶ And thine house [01004] and thy kingdom [04467] shall be established [0539] for [05704] ever [05769] before [06440] thee: thy throne [03678] shall be established [03559] for [05704] ever [05769].

²³ Now therefore ye are cursed [0779], and there shall none of you be freed [03772] from being bondmen [05650], and hewers [02404] of wood [06086] and drawers [07579] of water [04325] for the house [01004] of my God [0430].

³³ And the man [0376] of thine, whom I shall not cut off [03772] from mine altar [04196], shall be to consume [03615] thine eyes [05869], and to grieve [0109] thine heart [05315]: and all the increase [04768] of thine house [01004] shall die [04191] in the flower of their age [0582].

¹⁸ Therefore shall ye lay up [07760] these my words [01697] in your heart [03824] and in your soul [05315], and bind [07194] them for a sign [0226] upon your hand [03027], that they may be as frontlets [02903] between your eyes [05869].

¹³ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken [08085] diligently [08085] unto my commandments [04687] which I command [06680] you this day [03117], to love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and to serve [05647] him with all your heart [03824] and with all your soul [05315],

⁵ (I stood [05975] between the LORD [03068] and you at that time [06256], to shew [05046] you the word [01697] of the LORD [03068]: for ye were afraid [03372] by reason [06440] of the fire [0784], and went not up [05927] into the mount [02022];) saying [0559],

³ And keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to walk [03212] in his ways [01870], to keep [08104] his statutes [02708], and his commandments [04687], and his judgments [04941], and his testimonies [05715], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of Moses [04872], that thou mayest prosper [07919] in all that thou doest [06213], and whithersoever thou turnest [06437] thyself:

⁴ That the LORD [03068] may continue [06965] his word [01697] which he spake [01696] concerning me, saying [0559], If thy children [01121] take heed [08104] to their way [01870], to walk [03212] before [06440] me in truth [0571] with all their heart [03824] and with all their soul [05315], there shall not fail [03772] thee (said [0559] he) a man [0376] on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478].
⁵ Moreover thou knowest [03045] also what Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] did [06213] to me, and what he did [06213] to the two [08147] captains [08269] of the hosts [06635] of Israel [03478], unto Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], and unto Amasa [06021] the son [01121] of Jether [03500], whom he slew [02026], and shed [07760] the blood [01818] of war [04421] in peace [07965], and put [05414] the blood [01818] of war [04421] upon his girdle [02290] that was about his loins [04975], and in his shoes [05275] that were on his feet [07272].

⁷ Only be thou strong [02388] and very [03966] courageous [0553], that thou mayest observe [08104] to do [06213] according to all the law [08451], which Moses [04872] my servant [05650] commanded [06680] thee: turn [05493] not from it to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040], that thou mayest prosper [07919] whithersoever thou goest [03212].

⁸ And we took [03947] their land [0776], and gave [05414] it for an inheritance [05159] unto the Reubenites [07206], and to the Gadites [01425], and to the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04520].

¹¹ Beware [08104] that thou forget [07911] not the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], in not keeping [08104] his commandments [04687], and his judgments [04941], and his statutes [02708], which I command [06680] thee this day [03117]:

²⁸ And the LORD [03068] heard [08085] the voice [06963] of your words [01697], when ye spake [01696] unto me; and the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, I have heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of this people [05971], which they have spoken [01696] unto thee: they have well [03190] said all that they have spoken [01696].

⁵ Because [06118] that Abraham [085] obeyed [08085] my voice [06963], and kept [08104] my charge [04931], my commandments [04687], my statutes [02708], and my laws [08451].

³⁰ Therefore shall ye keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], that ye commit [06213] not any one of these abominable [08441] customs [02708], which were committed [06213] before [06440] you, and that ye defile [02930] not yourselves therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].

³⁵ Therefore shall ye abide [03427] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] day [03119] and night [03915] seven [07651] days [03117], and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], that ye die [04191] not: for so I am commanded [06680].

⁵ Because [06118] that Abraham [085] obeyed [08085] my voice [06963], and kept [08104] my charge [04931], my commandments [04687], my statutes [02708], and my laws [08451].

⁹ Be strong [02388], and quit [01961] yourselves like men [0582], O ye Philistines [06430], that ye be not servants [05647] unto the Hebrews [05680], as they have been [05647] to you: quit [01961] yourselves like men [0582], and fight [03898].

¹⁴ And, behold, this day [03117] I am going [01980] the way [01870] of all the earth [0776]: and ye know [03045] in all your hearts [03824] and in all your souls [05315], that not one [0259] thing [01697] hath failed [05307] of all the good [02896] things [01697] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] spake [01696] concerning you; all are come to pass [0935] unto you, and not one [0259] thing [01697] hath failed [05307] thereof.

¹ So when David [01732] was old [02204] and full [07646] of days [03117], he made Solomon [08010] his son [01121] king [04427] over Israel [03478].

¹ Furthermore David [01732] the king [04428] said [0559] unto all the congregation [06951], Solomon [08010] my son [01121], whom alone [0259] God [0430] hath chosen [0977], is yet young [05288] and tender [07390], and the work [04399] is great [01419]: for the palace [01002] is not for man [0120], but for the LORD [03068] God [0430].
² Now I have prepared [03559] with all my might [03581] for the house [01004] of my God [0430] the gold [02091] for things to be made of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and the brass [05178] for things of brass [05178], the iron [01270] for things of iron [01270], and wood [06086] for things of wood [06086]; onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones to be set [04394], glistering [06320] stones [068], and of divers colours [07553], and all manner of precious [03368] stones [068], and marble [07893] stones [068] in abundance [07230].
³ Moreover, because I have set my affection [07521] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], I have [03426] of mine own proper good [05459], of gold [02091] and silver [03701], which I have given [05414] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], over and above [04605] all that I have prepared [03559] for the holy [06944] house [01004],
⁴ Even three [07969] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of gold [02091], of the gold [02091] of Ophir [0211], and seven [07651] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of refined [02212] silver [03701], to overlay [02902] the walls [07023] of the houses [01004] withal:
⁵ The gold [02091] for things of gold [02091], and the silver [03701] for things of silver [03701], and for all manner of work [04399] to be made by the hands [03027] of artificers [02796]. And who then is willing [05068] to consecrate [04390] his service [03027] this day [03117] unto the LORD [03068]?
⁶ Then the chief [08269] of the fathers [01] and princes [08269] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], with the rulers [08269] of the king's [04428] work [04399], offered willingly [05068],
⁷ And gave [05414] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430] of gold [02091] five [02568] thousand [0505] talents [03603] and ten thousand [07239] drams [0150], and of silver [03701] ten [06235] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and of brass [05178] eighteen [08083] [07239] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and one hundred [03967] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of iron [01270].
⁸ And they with whom precious stones [068] were found [04672] gave [05414] them to the treasure [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], by the hand [03027] of Jehiel [03171] the Gershonite [01649].
⁹ Then the people [05971] rejoiced [08055], for that they offered willingly [05068], because with perfect [08003] heart [03820] they offered willingly [05068] to the LORD [03068]: and David [01732] the king [04428] also rejoiced [08055] with great [01419] joy [08057].

³ So all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and king [04428] David [01732] made [03772] a league [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478].

⁴ And the men [0582] of Judah [03063] came [0935], and there they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over the house [01004] of Judah [03063]. And they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], That the men [0582] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] were they that buried [06912] Saul [07586].

²² And did eat [0398] and drink [08354] before [06440] the LORD [03068] on that day [03117] with great [01419] gladness [08057]. And they made Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] king [04427] the second time [08145], and anointed [04886] him unto the LORD [03068] to be the chief governor [05057], and Zadok [06659] to be priest [03548].

¹ So when David [01732] was old [02204] and full [07646] of days [03117], he made Solomon [08010] his son [01121] king [04427] over Israel [03478].