I Regum 2

1 Appropinquaverunt autem dies David ut moreretur, præcepitque Salomoni filio suo, dicens:

Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

2 Ego ingredior viam universæ terræ: confortare, et esto vir.

I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man,

3 Et observa custodias Domini Dei tui, ut ambules in viis eius, ut custodias ceremonias eius, et præcepta eius, et iudicia, et testimonia, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi: ut intelligas universa quæ facis, et quocumque te verteris:

And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and keepe his statutes, and his commandements, and his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee,

4 ut confirmet Dominus sermones suos, quos locutus est de me, dicens: Si custodierint filii tui vias suas, et ambulaverint coram me in veritate, in omni corde suo, et in omni anima sua, non auferetur tibi vir de solio Israel.

That the Lord may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel.

5 Tu quoque nosti quæ fecerit mihi Ioab filius Sarviæ, quæ fecerit duobus principibus exercitus Israel, Abner filio Ner, et Amasæ filio Iether: quos occidit, et effudit sanguinem belli in pace, et posuit cruorem prælii in balteo suo, qui erat circa lumbos eius, et in calceamento suo, quod erat in pedibus eius.

Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battell in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feete.

6 Facies ergo iuxta sapientiam tuam, et non deduces canitiem eius pacifice ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)

Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace. (Sheol h7585)

7 Sed et filiis Berzellai Galaaditis reddes gratiam, eruntque comedentes in mensa tua: occurrerunt enim mihi quando fugiebam a facie Absalom fratris tui.

But shew kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eate at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.

8 Habes quoque apud te Semei filium Gera filii Iemini de Bahurim, qui maledixit mihi maledictione pessima, quando ibam ad Castra: sed quia descendit mihi in occursum cum transirem Iordanem, et iuravi ei per Dominum, dicens: Non te interficiam gladio:

And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

9 tu noli pati eum esse innoxium. Vir autem sapiens es, ut scias quæ facies ei, deducesque canos eius cum sanguine ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)

But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood. (Sheol h7585)

10 Dormivit igitur David cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in civitate David.

So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

11 Dies autem, quibus regnavit David super Israel, quadraginta anni sunt: in Hebron regnavit septem annis: in Ierusalem, triginta tribus.

And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie and three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

12 Salomon autem sedit super thronum David patris sui, et firmatum est regnum eius nimis.

Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

13 Et ingressus est Adonias filius Haggith ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis. Quæ dixit ei: Pacificusne est ingressus tuus? Qui respondit: Pacificus.

And Adonijah the sonne of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon: and she saide, Commest thou peaceably? And hee said, Yea.

14 Addiditque: Sermo mihi est ad te. Cui ait: Loquere. Et ille:

He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. And she sayd, Say on.

15 Tu, inquit, nosti, quia meum erat regnum, et me præposuerat omnis Israel sibi in regem: sed translatum est regnum, et factum est fratris mei: a Domino enim constitutum est ei.

Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdome was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reigne: howbeit the kingdome is turned away, and is my brothers: for it came to him by the Lord.

16 Nunc ergo petitionem unam precor a te; ne confundas faciem meam. Quæ dixit ad eum: Loquere.

Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.

17 Et ille ait: Precor ut dicas Salomoni regi (neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest) ut det mihi Abisag Sunamitidem uxorem.

And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

18 Et ait Bethsabee: Bene, ego loquar pro te regi.

And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.

19 Venit ergo Bethsabee ad regem Salomonem, ut loqueretur ei pro Adonia: et surrexit rex in occursum eius, adoravitque eam, et sedit super thronum suum: positusque est thronus matri regis, quæ sedit ad dexteram eius.

Bath-sheba therefore went vnto King Salomon, to speake vnto him for Adonijah: and the King rose to meete her, and bowed himselfe vnto her, and sate downe on his throne: and he caused a seate to be set for the Kings mother, and she sate at his right hand.

20 Dixitque ei: Petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te, ne confundas faciem meam. Et dixit ei rex: Pete mater mea: neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam.

Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

21 Quæ ait: Detur Abisag Sunamitis Adoniæ fratri tuo uxor.

She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

22 Responditque rex Salomon, et dixit matri suæ: Quare postulas Abisag Sunamitidem Adoniæ? postula ei et regnum: ipse est enim frater meus maior me, et habet Abiathar sacerdotem, et Ioab filium Sarviæ.

But King Salomon answered and sayd vnto his mother, And why doest thou aske Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is mine elder brother, and hath for him both Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah.

23 Iuravit itaque rex Salomon per Dominum, dicens: Hæc faciat mihi Deus, et hæc addat, quia contra animam suam locutus est Adonias verbum hoc.

Then King Salomon sware by the Lord, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

24 Et nunc vivit Dominus, qui firmavit me, et collocavit me super solium David patris mei, et qui fecit mihi domum, sicut locutus est, quia hodie occidetur Adonias.

Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of Dauid my father, who also hath made me an house, as he promised, Adoniiah shall surely die this day.

25 Misitque rex Salomon per manum Banaiæ filii Ioiadæ, qui interfecit eum, et mortuus est.

And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

26 Abiathar quoque sacerdoti dixit rex: Vade in Anathoth ad agrum tuum, equidem vir mortis es: sed hodie te non interficiam, quia portasti arcam Domini Dei coram David patre meo, et sustinuisti laborem in omnibus, in quibus laboravit pater meus.

Then the King sayd vnto Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine owne fieldes: for thou art worthy of death: but I will not this day kill thee, because thou barest the Arke of the Lord God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast suffered in all, wherein my father hath bene afflicted.

27 Eiecit ergo Salomon Abiathar, ut non esset sacerdos Domini, ut impleretur sermo Domini, quem locutus est super domum Heli in Silo.

So Salomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 Venit autem nuncius ad Ioab, quod Ioab declinasset post Adoniam, et post Salomonem non declinasset: fugit ergo Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et apprehendit cornu altaris.

Then tidings came to Ioab: (for Ioab had turned after Adoniiah, but he turned not after Absalom) and Ioab fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the hornes of the altar.

29 Nunciatumque est regi Salomoni quod fugisset Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et esset iuxta altare: misitque Salomon Banaiam filium Ioiadæ, dicens: Vade, interfice eum.

And it was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and beholde, he is by the altar. Then Salomon sent Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, saying, Goe, fall vpon him.

30 Et venit Banaias ad tabernaculum Domini, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit rex: Egredere. Qui ait: Non egrediar, sed hic moriar. Renunciavit Banaias regi sermonem, dicens: Hæc locutus est Ioab, et hæc respondit mihi.

And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out. And he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, and thus he answered me.

31 Dixitque ei rex: Fac sicut locutus est: et interfice eum, et sepeli, et amovebis sanguinem innocentem, qui effusus est a Ioab, a me, et a domo patris mei.

And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, and smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, from me and from the house of my father.

32 Et reddet Dominus sanguinem eius super caput eius quia interfecit duos viros iustos, melioresque se: et occidit eos gladio, patre meo David ignorante, Abner filium Ner principem militiæ Israel, et Amasam filium Iether principem exercitus Iuda:

And the Lord shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, and my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

33 et revertetur sanguis illorum in caput Ioab, et in caput seminis eius in sempiternum. David autem et semini eius, et domui, et throno illius sit pax usque in æternum a Domino.

Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shall there be peace for euer from the Lord.

34 Ascendit itaque Banaias filius Ioiadæ, et aggressus eum interfecit: sepultusque est in domo sua in deserto.

So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote him, and slewe him, and he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.

35 Et constituit rex Banaiam filium Ioiadæ pro eo super exercitum, et Sadoc sacerdotem posuit pro Abiathar.

And the King put Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roume ouer the hoste: and the King set Zadok the Priest in the roume of Abiathar.

36 Misit quoque rex, et vocavit Semei, dixitque ei: Ædifica tibi domum in Ierusalem, et habita ibi: et non egredieris inde huc atque illuc.

Afterwarde the King sent, and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

37 Quacumque autem die egressus fueris, et transieris Torrentem Cedron, scito te interficiendum: sanguis tuus erit super caput tuum.

For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

38 Dixitque Semei regi: Bonus sermo. sicut locutus est dominus meus rex, sic faciet servus tuus. Habitavit itaque Semei in Ierusalem diebus multis.

And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant doe. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalem many dayes.

39 Factum est autem post annos tres ut fugerent servi Semei ad Achis filium Maacha regem Geth: nunciatumque est Semei quod servi eius issent in Geth.

And after three yeres two of the seruants of Shimei fled away vnto Achish sonne of Maachah King of Gath: and they tolde Shimei, saying, Behold, thy seruants be in Gath.

40 Et surrexit Semei, et stravit asinum suum: ivitque ad Achis in Geth ad requirendum servos suos, et adduxit eos de Geth.

And Shimei arose, and sadled his asse, and went to Gath to Achish, to seeke his seruantes: and Shimei went, and brought his seruants from Gath.

41 Nunciatum est autem Salomoni quod isset Semei in Geth de Ierusalem, et rediisset.

And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.

42 Et mittens vocavit eum, dixitque illi: Nonne testificatus sum tibi per Dominum, et prædixi tibi: Quacumque die egressus, ieris huc et illuc, scito te esse moriturum? Et respondisti mihi: Bonus sermo, quem audivi.

And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lord, and protested vnto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saydest vnto mee, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

43 Quare ergo non custodisti iusiurandum Domini, et præceptum quod præceperam tibi?

Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lord, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

44 Dixitque rex ad Semei: Tu nosti omne malum, cuius tibi conscium est cor tuum, quod fecisti David patri meo: reddidit Dominus malitiam tuam in caput tuum.

The King sayde also to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that thou diddest to Dauid my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickednesse vpon thine owne head.

45 Et rex Salomon benedictus, et thronus David erit stabilis coram Domino usque in sempiternum.

And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lord for euer.

46 Iussit itaque rex Banaiæ filio Ioiadæ: qui egressus, percussit eum, et mortuus est.

So the King comanded Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada: who went out and smote him that he dyed. And the kingdome was established in the hand of Salomon.