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father was afflicted.
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So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the L
ORD
; that he
might fulfil the word of the L
ORD
, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
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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 L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
; 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 L
ORD
, 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.
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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 L
ORD
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.
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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 L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
, 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.
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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
for ever.
46
So the king
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