1 Kings 2:4-6
New English Translation
4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me,[a] ‘If your descendants watch their step[b] and live faithfully in my presence[c] with all their heart and being,[d] then,’ he promised,[e] ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’[f]
5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether.[g] During peacetime he struck them down as if in battle;[h] when he shed their blood, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.[i] 6 Do to him what you think is appropriate,[j] but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.[k]
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- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “guard their way.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Or “soul.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “saying.”
- 1 Kings 2:4 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”
- 1 Kings 2:5 tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle on his belt which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.
- 1 Kings 2:6 tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”
- 1 Kings 2:6 tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”
1 Kings 2:4-6
King James Version
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.
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