1 Kings 2:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go anywhere else.

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  • 2 Sam 14:24 : 24 And the king said, Let him return to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.
  • 2 Sam 14:28 : 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.
  • 2 Sam 16:5-9 : 5 And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man. 9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.
  • 1 Kgs 1:53 : 53 So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.
  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.

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    37For it shall be that on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, you shall know certainly that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.

    38And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

    39And it happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.

    40So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his servants; and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

    41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come back.

    42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and warned you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

    43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

    45And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

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    22And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

    23Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
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    8And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.

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    5And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

  • 2 Sam 19:18-19
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    18And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was crossing over Jordan;

    19And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
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    37And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
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    4Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

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    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
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    53So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

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    6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:8
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    8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

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    32And King David said, Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada to me. And they came before the king.

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    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
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    35And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.

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    16And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

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    9And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron.

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    2But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 2 Sam 14:8
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    8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:30-31
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    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

  • 2 Sam 15:19
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    19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return to your place, and stay with the king: for you are a stranger and also an exile.

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    3But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.

  • 2 Sam 16:3
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    3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:19
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    19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your body, he shall build the house for my name.

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
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    6Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
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    12As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

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    1Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there,

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    25And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

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    5And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

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