1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

1 En toe die dae van Dawid nader kom dat hy sou sterwe, het hy sy seun Salomo bevel gegee en gesê:

2 Ek gaan heen op die weg van die hele aarde: wees dan sterk en word 'n man;

3 en onderhou die ordening van die HERE jou God deur te wandel in sy weë, deur sy insettinge, sy gebooie en sy verordeninge en sy getuienisse te onderhou, soos geskrywe is in die wet van Moses, sodat jy voorspoedig kan uitvoer alles wat jy doen, en alles waartoe jy jou begewe;

4 sodat die HERE sy woord mag vervul wat Hy oor my gespreek het, naamlik: As jou seuns ag gee op hulle weg deur voor my aangesig getrou te wandel met hulle hele hart en met hulle hele siel, dan sal daar nie vir jou 'n man op die troon van Israel ontbreek nie.

5 En jy weet ook self wat Joab, die seun van Seruja, my aangedoen het; wat hy die twee leërowerstes van Israel, Abner, die seun van Ner, en Am sa, die seun van Jeter, aangedoen het; hoe hy hulle vermoor en oorlogsbloed in vredestyd vergiet het, sodat hy die gord wat om sy heupe en die skoene wat aan sy voete was, met oorlogsbloed bevlek het.

6 Handel dan na jou wysheid, en sy grys hare moet jy nie met vrede in die doderyk laat neerdaal nie.

7 Maar aan die seuns van Bars¡llai, die Gileadiet, moet jy guns bewys, en hulle moet wees onder die wat aan jou tafel eet; want so het hulle na my toe aangekom toe ek vir jou broer Absalom gevlug het.

8 Verder is daar by jou S¡me‹, die seun van Gera, die Benjaminiet, uit Bahurim; hy naamlik het my gevloek met 'n hewige vloek die dag toe ek na Mahan im gegaan het; en hy het afgekom om my te ontmoet by die Jordaan, sodat ek vir hom by die HERE gesweer en gesê het: Ek sal jou nie met die swaard doodmaak nie.

9 Maar nou moet jy hom nie ongestraf laat bly nie, want jy is 'n wyse man; daarom sal jy weet wat jy hom moet aandoen, dat jy sy grys hare met bloed in die doderyk laat neerdaal.

10 Toe het Dawid ontslaap met sy vaders, en hy is begrawe in die stad van Dawid.

11 En die dae wat Dawid oor Israel geregeer het, was veertig jaar; in Hebron het hy sewe jaar geregeer, en in Jerusalem het hy drie en dertig jaar geregeer.

12 Daarna het Salomo op die troon van sy vader Dawid gaan sit, en sy koningskap is goed bevestig.

13 Toe kom Adonia, die seun van Haggit, na B tseba, die moeder van Salomo, en sy vra: Is jou koms vrede? En hy antwoord: Vrede.

14 Verder sê hy: Ek het 'n woord vir u. En sy antwoord: Spreek.

15 En hy sê: U weet dat die koningskap myne was en die hele Israel sy aangesig op my gerig het, dat ek koning sou word; maar die koningskap het oorgegaan en my broer s'n geword, want deur die HERE was dit vir hom bestem.

16 En nou doen ek een versoek aan u; wys my nie af nie. En sy antwoord hom: Spreek.

17 Toe sê hy: Spreek tog met koning Salomo, want hy sal u nie afwys nie, dat hy Ab¡sag, die Sunamitiese, aan my as vrou moet gee.

18 En B tseba sê: Goed, ,k sal met die koning oor jou spreek.

19 Toe B tseba dan ingaan na koning Salomo om met hom oor Adonia te spreek, het die koning opgestaan om haar te ontmoet en voor haar gebuig; daarna het hy op sy troon gaan sit en vir die moeder van die koning 'n stoel laat neersit, en sy het aan sy regterhand plaas geneem.

20 Toe sê sy: Een klein versoek doen ek aan u; wys my nie af nie. En die koning antwoord haar: Vra, my moeder, want ek sal u nie afwys nie.

21 En sy sê: Laat Ab¡sag, die Sunamitiese, aan u broer Adonia as vrou gegee word.

22 Daarop antwoord koning Salomo en sê aan sy moeder: Maar waarom vra u Ab¡sag, die Sunamitiese, vir Adonia? Vra ook die koningskap vir hom, want hy is my broer wat ouer is as ek, ja, vir hom en vir Abjatar, die priester, en vir Joab, die seun van Seruja!

23 En koning Salomo het gesweer by die HERE en gesê: Mag God so aan my doen en so daaraan toedoen -- sekerlik, Adonia het hierdie woord ten koste van sy lewe gespreek.

24 En nou, so waar as die HERE leef wat my bevestig het en my op die troon van my vader Dawid laat sit en vir my 'n huis gestig het volgens sy belofte -- Adonia sal sekerlik vandag gedood word!

25 Daarop het koning Salomo gestuur deur die diens van Ben ja, die seun van Jojada; en die het op hom aangeval, sodat hy gesterf het.

26 En vir Abjatar, die priester, sê die koning: Gaan na Anatot op jou grond, want jy verdien die dood; maar vandag sal ek jou nie doodmaak nie, omdat jy die ark van die Here HERE voor my vader Dawid uit gedra het en omdat jy deelgenoot was van alles wat my vader gely het.

27 So het Salomo dan Abjatar verdrywe, sodat hy nie meer priester van die HERE was nie, om die woord van die HERE te vervul wat Hy oor die huis van Eli in Silo gespreek het.

28 Toe die gerug by Joab kom -- want Joab was aan die kant van Adonia, alhoewel hy nie aan die kant van Absalom was nie -- het Joab gevlug na die tent van die HERE en die horings van die altaar vasgehou.

29 En aan koning Salomo is meegedeel: Joab het gevlug na die tent van die HERE, en kyk, daar is hy by die altaar! Toe laat Salomo aan Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, weet: Gaan heen, val op hom aan.

30 Daarop het Ben ja by die tent van die HERE gekom en vir hom gesê: So spreek die koning: Kom uit. Maar hy sê: Nee, want hier wil ek sterf. En Ben ja het die koning 'n antwoord gebring en gesê: So het Joab gespreek, en so het hy my geantwoord.

31 Toe beveel die koning hom: Doen soos hy gespreek het: val op hom aan, en begrawe hom, sodat jy die onskuldige bloed wat Joab vergiet het, van my en my vader se huis af verwyder;

32 en dat die HERE sy bloed op sy eie hoof laat neerkom, omdat hy op twee manne, regverdiger en beter as hy, aangeval en hulle met die swaard vermoor het sonder medewete van my vader Dawid: Abner, die seun van Ner, die leërowerste van Israel, en Am sa, die seun van Jeter, die leërowerste van Juda;

33 en dat hulle bloed op die hoof van Joab en op die hoof van sy nageslag vir ewig kan neerkom, maar Dawid en sy nageslag en sy huis en sy troon vrede kan hê van die HERE tot in ewigheid.

34 Toe het Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, opgegaan en op hom aangeval en hom gedood; en hy is begrawe in sy huis in die woestyn.

35 Daarop het die koning Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, in sy plek oor die leër aangestel; en Sadok, die priester, het die koning aangestel in die plek van Abjatar.

36 Verder het die koning S¡me‹laat roep en vir hom gesê: Bou vir jou 'n huis in Jerusalem, en jy moet daar woon en mag daarvandaan nie uitgaan, nêrens heen nie;

37 die dag dat jy uitgaan en oor die spruit Kidron trek, moet jy voorwaar weet dat jy sekerlik sal sterwe; jou bloed sal op jou hoof wees.

38 En S¡me‹sê vir die koning: Dit is goed; soos my heer die koning gespreek het, so sal u dienaar doen. En S¡me‹het baie dae in Jerusalem gebly.

39 Maar aan die einde van drie jaar het twee van S¡me‹se slawe weggeloop na Agis, die seun van M äga, die koning van Gat; en aan S¡me‹is meegedeel en gesê: Jou slawe is daar in Gat.

40 Toe maak S¡me‹klaar en saal sy esel op en vertrek na Gat, na Agis toe, om sy slawe te soek; en S¡me‹het gegaan en sy slawe van Gat af gebring.

41 Maar aan Salomo is meegedeel dat S¡me‹uit Jerusalem na Gat weggegaan en teruggekom het.

42 Daarop laat die koning S¡me‹roep, en hy sê vir hom: Het ek jou nie by die HERE besweer en jou gewaarsku nie en gesê: Die dag dat jy uitgaan en êrens heen trek, moet jy voorwaar weet dat jy sekerlik sal sterwe? En jy het aan my gesê: Dit is goed; ek het gehoor.

43 Waarom het jy dan die eed by die HERE en die gebod wat ek jou opgelê het, nie gehou nie?

44 Verder sê die koning vir S¡me‹: Jy ken self al die boosheid waar jou hart van weet, wat jy my vader Dawid aangedoen het; daarom laat die HERE jou boosheid op jou eie hoof neerkom.

45 Maar mag koning Salomo geseënd wees en die troon van Dawid bevestig word voor die aangesig van die HERE tot in ewigheid!

46 Daarop gee die koning bevel aan Ben ja, die seun van Jojada: die het uitgegaan en op hom aangeval, sodat hy gesterf het.