1 Kings 2:36

World English Bible (2000)

The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go out from there anywhere.

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  • 2 Sam 14:24 : 24 The king said, "Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.
  • 2 Sam 14:28 : 28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't see the king's face.
  • 2 Sam 16:5-9 : 5 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came. 6 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 Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow! 8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!" 9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
  • 1 Kgs 1:53 : 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."
  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he 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.' 9 Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol 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 winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:37-45
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    37 For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head."

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

    39 It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath."

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

    41 It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

    42 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'

    43 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?"

    44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

    45 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever."

  • 2 Sam 19:22-23
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    22 David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?"

    23 The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." The king swore to him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
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    8 "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he 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.'

    9 Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood."

  • 2 Sam 16:5
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    5 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.

  • 2 Sam 19:18-19
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    18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.

    19 He said to the king, "Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that 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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    37 I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

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

  • 1 Chr 17:4
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    4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

  • 2 Sam 16:13
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    13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
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    53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

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    7 Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!

  • 1 Chr 22:6
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    6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32 King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." They came before the king.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

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

  • 2 Sam 19:16
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    16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
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    9 The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
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    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 2 Sam 14:8
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    8 The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

  • 1 Kgs 2:30-31
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    30 Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, "Thus says the king, 'Come forth!'" He said, "No; but I will die here." Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me."

    31 The king said to him, "Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

  • 2 Sam 15:19
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    19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.

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

  • 2 Sam 16:3
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    3 The king said, "Where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.'"

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
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    6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 6:12
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    12 "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

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

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    1 Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

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    25 It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

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    10 The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

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    13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."

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    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

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    9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

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    7 Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11 Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

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    24 The king said, "Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.

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    15 Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, "Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,