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 大卫的死期近了， 就嘱咐他的儿子所罗门说：
2 "我现在要走世人必走的路了， 你当坚强作大丈夫，
3 谨守耶和华你 神所吩咐的， 遵行他的道， 按摩西律法所写的， 谨守他的律例、诫命、典章和法度； 这样， 无论你作什么， 无论你往哪里去， 都可以亨通。
4 这样， 耶和华必坚立他所说有关我的话， 说： ‘如果你的子孙谨慎自己所行的， 一心一意、诚诚实实行在我面前， 就不断有人坐以色列的王位了。’
5 你也要知道洗鲁雅的儿子约押对我所行的， 就是对以色列的两个元帅： 尼珥的儿子押尼珥和益帖的儿子亚玛撒所行的。他杀了他们， 在和平的时候流他们的血， 像作战时一样， 把战争的血染在他腰间所束的带子上和脚上所穿的鞋子上。
6 所以你要凭你的智慧而行， 不要让他白发到老， 平平安安下到阴间。
7 但是你要恩待基列人巴西莱的众子， 使他们与你同席吃饭， 因为我逃避你哥哥押沙龙的时候， 他们拿食物来迎接我。
8 与你在一起的有巴户琳的便雅悯人基拉的儿子示每； 我往玛哈念去的那天， 他用狠毒的咒语咒骂我。后来他下到约旦河来迎接我的时候， 我就指着耶和华向他起誓， 说： ‘我必不用刀杀死你。’
9 现在， 你不要以他为无罪， 你是个聪明人， 你必知道该怎样待他， 使他白发苍苍流血下到阴间。"
10 大卫与他的列祖同睡， 葬在大卫城里。
11 大卫作以色列王四十年： 在希伯仑作王七年； 在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。
12 于是所罗门坐在他父亲的王位上， 他的国非常稳固。
13 哈及的儿子亚多尼雅去见所罗门的母亲拔示巴， 拔示巴问他： "你来是为和平吗？"他回答： "是为和平来的。"
14 他又说： "我有话对你说。"拔示巴说： "你说吧！ "
15 亚多尼雅说： "你知道这国位原是我的， 以色列众人都希望我作王； 不料国位反归了我的弟弟， 因为他得着国位是出于耶和华。
16 现在我有一事请求你， 请你不要拒绝。"拔示巴对他说： "你说吧！ "
17 他说： "求你向所罗门王说， 请他把书念的女子亚比煞赐给我作妻子， 因为他必不会拒绝你。"
18 拔示巴说： "好吧， 我必为你向王请求。"
19 于是拔示巴去见所罗门王， 为亚多尼雅的事向他请求。王起来迎接她， 向她下拜， 然后坐在自己的王座上， 又吩咐人为王的母亲摆设一个座位； 她就坐在王的右边。
20 拔示巴说： "我有一件小事求你， 请不要拒绝我。"王对她说： "母亲， 你说吧， 我必不会拒绝你。"
21 拔示巴说： "请把书念的女子亚比煞赐给你哥哥亚多尼雅作妻子。"
22 所罗门王回答他母亲， 说： "你为什么要为亚多尼雅求书念的女子亚比煞呢？你也可以为他求这个国位， 因为他是我的哥哥， 又有亚比亚他祭司和洗鲁雅的儿子约押拥护他。"
23 于是所罗门王指着耶和华起誓， 说： "如果亚多尼雅不因说了这话而送命， 愿 神惩罚我， 并且加倍惩罚我。
24 现在， 我指着永活的耶和华──那位坚立了我， 使我坐在我父亲大卫的王位上， 又照他所应许， 为我建立家室的──起誓， 今天亚多尼雅必被处死！ "
25 于是， 所罗门王差派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅去击杀亚多尼雅， 他就死了。
26 王对亚比亚他祭司说： "你回亚拿突自己的田地去吧！ 你本来是该死的， 但我今天不杀死你， 因为你在我父亲大卫面前抬过主耶和华的约柜， 又与我父亲同受一切苦难。"
27 所罗门就罢免了亚比亚他， 不准他作耶和华的祭司， 这样就应验了耶和华在示罗所说有关以利家的话。
28 约押虽然没有拥护过押沙龙， 但曾拥护亚多尼雅； 这消息传到约押那里， 他就逃到耶和华的帐幕里去， 抓紧祭坛的角。
29 有人告诉所罗门王约押逃到耶和华的帐幕里去了， 现在就在祭坛的旁边。于是所罗门差派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅去说： "你去把他杀死。"
30 比拿雅来到耶和华的帐幕那里， 对约押说： "王这样吩咐说： ‘你出来！ ’"约押说： "我不出去！ 我要死在这里。"于是比拿雅回复王说： "约押这样说， 他这样回答我。"
31 王对比拿雅说： "你照着约押的话行吧！ 杀死他， 把他埋葬， 好叫约押所流无辜人的血， 从我和我父的家除去。
32 耶和华必使约押流无辜人的血的罪归到他自己头上， 因为他击杀了两个比他又公义又良善的人， 就是用刀杀了以色列的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥， 和犹大的元帅益帖的儿子亚玛撒， 这事我的父亲大卫一点都不知道。
33 愿流这二人的血的罪归到约押和他后裔的头上， 直到永远； 但大卫和他的后裔， 他的家和他的国却要从耶和华那里得享平安， 直到永远。"
34 于是耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅上去击杀他， 把他杀死， 葬在旷野约押自己的家中。
35 王任命耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅取代约押统领军队； 又任命撒督祭司取代亚比亚他的职位。
36 王派人去把示每召来， 对他说： "你要为自己在耶路撒冷建造一座房屋， 住在那里， 不可从那里出来到任何别的地方去。
37 你必须知道， 你哪一天出来， 越过汲沦溪， 你哪一天就要死。你流人血的罪必归到你自己的头上。"
38 示每对王说： "这话很好， 我主我王怎么说， 你仆人就照着行。"于是示每在耶路撒冷住了很久。
39 三年以后， 示每的两个仆人逃到迦特王玛迦的儿子亚吉那里。有人告诉示每说： "你的仆人在迦特。"
40 于是示每起来， 预备好自己的骡子， 就往迦特亚吉王那里去寻找他的仆人。示每去了， 又把他的仆人从迦特带回来。
41 有人告诉所罗门示每离开耶路撒冷往迦特去， 又回来了。
42 王就派人把示每召来， 对他说： "我不是叫你指着耶和华起誓， 并且警告你： ‘你必须知道， 你哪一天出去到任何别的地方， 你哪一天就要死’吗？你也对我说过： ‘这话很好， 我必听从。’
43 现在你为什么不遵守你向耶和华所起的誓， 和我吩咐你的命令呢？"
44 王又对示每说： "你自己知道你心里的一切恶事， 就是你向我父亲大卫所行的； 现在耶和华要把你的罪归到你的头上。
45 所罗门王却要蒙福， 大卫的王位必在耶和华眼前得坚立， 直到永远。"
46 于是王命令耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅， 比拿雅就出去击杀示每， 示每就死了。这样， 所罗门就巩固了他的国。