Adonijah sueth for Abishag. Before CHRIST 1015. † Heb. I. KINGS. nay. 1014. He is put to death. cursed me with a † grievous king said unto her, Ask on, my Before curse in the day when I went mother; for I will not say thee CHRIST to Mahanaim: but rhe 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 thold him not guiltless for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but Gen. 42. 38. his hoar head " bring thou down to the grave with blood. $ 2 Sam. 19. & 44. 31. ch. 1. 21. Acts 2. 29. & 13. 36. u 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in y the Y2 Sam. 5. 7. city of David. 22 Sam. 5. 4. 1 Chr. 29. 26, 27. a1 Chr. 29. 23. 2 Chr. 1. 1. 1014. 11 And the days that David 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she b1 Sam. 16.4, said, bComest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 5. ch. 1. 5. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. c 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 brothd1 Chr. 22. 9, er's: for dit was his from the LORD. 10. & 28. 5, 6. 7. Prov. 21. 30. † Heb. turn ch. 1. 3, 4. fEx. 20.12. g See Ps. 45. 9. 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 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 h Abiathar the ch. 1.7. priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do i Ruth 1. 17, 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 a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be 2 Sam. 7.11, 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. 28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab Phad turned P ch. 1. 7. after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and a caught hold on the ch. 1. 50. 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 Joab is slain. Before 1014. I. KINGS. said unto him, Thus saith the CHRIST 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. r Ex. 21. 14. Num. 35. 33. Deut. 19. 13. & 21, 8, 9. t Judg. 9. 24, Ps. 7. 16. 57. 31 And the king said unto him, rDo 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 2 Chr. 21.13. righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing 2Sam. 3.27. thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and y Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. y 2 Sam. 20. 10. a Prov. 25. 5. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, 22 Sam. 3. 29. and z upon the head of his seed for ever: a but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. e 2 Sam. 15. 23. f Lev. 20. 9. Josh. 2. 19. 2 Sam. 1. 16. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over brook Shimer's disobedience and death. 40 And Shimei arose, and sad- Before dled his ass, and went to Gath CHRIST 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, andprotested 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? 1011. 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of Da-k Prov. 25. 5. vid 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 king- 1 ver. 12, dom was established in the hand of Solomon. CHAPTER III. 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High places being in use, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, preferring wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and honour. 16 Solomon's judgment between the two harlots maketh him renowned. ND a Solomon made affinity shalt know for certain that thou A with Pharaoh king of Egypt, shalt surely die: fthy 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 B1 Sam. 27. 2. unto & Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 1011. 2 fOnly the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those Deut. 6.5. days. & 30. 16, 20. Ps. 31. 23. Rom. 8. 28. 1 Cor. 8.3. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes h ver. 6, 14. 4 And the king went to Gibk1 Chr. 16. 39. con to sacrifice there; k for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon m in a dream by night and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 1 ch. 9. 2. 2 Chr. 1. 7. m Num. 12. 6. Matt. 1. 20. & 2. 13, 19. n 2 Chr. 1. 8, &c. Or, bounty. ch. 2. 4. & 9. 4. 2 Kings 20. 3. Ps. 15. 2. P ch. 1. 48. 91 Chr. 29. 1. Num. 27. 17 $ Deut. 7. 6. t Gen. 13. 16. & 15. 5. "2 Chr. 1. 10. Prov. 2.3-9. James 1. 5. ↑ Heb. hearing. Ps. 72. 1, 2. y Heb. 5. 14. z James 4. 3. ↑ Heb. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou Phast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an tunderstanding heart X x to judge thy people, that I may y discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself +long life; neither hast asked many days. riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 a Behold, I have done according to thy word: blo, I have bch. 4. 29, 30, given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. ↑ Heb. to hear. a1 John 5. 14, 15. 31. & 5. 12. & 10. 24. Ecc. 1. 16. f 15 And Solomon sawoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. CHRIST 1014. ch. 15. 5. Ps. 91. 16. So Gen. 41. Prov. 3. 2. 7. h So Gen. 40. 20. ch. 8. 65. Esth. 1. 3. Dan. 5. 1. Mark 6. 21. 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and istood before him. i Num. 27. 2. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the liv Solomon's chief officers of state. 1. KINGS. The prosperity of his kingdom. Before ing child, and in no wise slay it. | from Beth-shean to Abel-meho- | Before CHRIST But the other said, Let it be nei- lah, even unto the place that is be- CHRIST ther mine nor thine, but divide yond Jokneam: 1014. it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the 1 ver. 9, 11, 12. king: for they saw that the I wisdom of God was tin him to do judgment. † Heb. in the midst of him. CHAPTER IV. 1014. 13 The son of Geber, in Ra-or Ben geber. moth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Num. 32.41. Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region ¦ i Deut. 3. 4. of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars: 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he 1 Solomon's princes. 7 His twelve officers 16 Baanah the son of Hushai 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Pa Skin Solomon was king rugh in Ies ther over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; aJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And b Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over d the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was 2 Sam. 8. 18. principal officer, and the king's friend: & 20. 26. f2 Sam. 15.37. & 16. 16. e 6 And Ahishar was over the 1 Chr. 27. 33. household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. Sch. 5. 14. Or, levy. 1Or, 1Or. 1 Or, Or, Benabinadab. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 11 The son of Abinadab, in all 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to 20 Judah and Israel many, as the sand which is by 1 Gen. 22. 17. the sea in multitude, meating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: Pthey brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 ¶ And Solomon's † provision for one day was thirty † measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and rocbucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. Gen. 15. 18, Josh. 1. 4. PPs. 68. 29. & 72. 10, 11. Heb. bread. ↑ Heb. cors. Ps. 72. 11. 1 Chr. 22. 9. See Jer. 23. ↑ Heb. con fidently. Mic. 44. Zech. 3. 10. "Judg. 20. 1. 2 Chr. 1. 14. & 9.25. 20 And Solomon had fortych. 10. 26. thousand stalls of y horses for his chariots, and twelve thou- y See Deut. sand horsemen. 17. 16. 27 And those officers provided | 7 ver. 7. Solomon's extraordinary wisdom. 1014. 1014. I. KINGS. Hiram furnisheth timber to Solomon. Before victuals for king Solomon, and CHRIST for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man accord ing to his charge. Or, mules, or, swift beasts, Estli. 8. 14. Mic. 1. 13. a ch. 3. 12. b Gen. 25. 6. See Acts 7. 22. d ch. 3. 12. e1 Chr. 15. 19. Ps. 89, title. 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, fand Heman, and Chalcol, and 6.& 6.33. & Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. f See 1 Chr. 2. 15. 19. Ps. 88, title. Prov. 1. 1. Ecc. 12.9. h Cant. 1. 1. i ch. 10. 1. a ver. 10, 18. 2 Chr. 2. 3, Huram. 32 And she spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. CHAPTER V. 1 Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, bourers. ND a Hiram king of Tyre Chr. 2. 4. † Heb. say. 2 1 Chr. 17. 12. & 22. 10. 10. 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me heedar trees h2 Chr. 2. 8, out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt tappoint: for thou tHeb. say. knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the † Heb.heard. things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram See 2 Chr. 2. twenty thousand measures of A sent his servants unto Sol wheat for food to his household, omon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in b2 Sam.5.11. the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, |