1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.
Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are, for blood, it pollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
1 Kings 2:9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
1 Kings 3:12behold, I have done according to thy word. Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like thee.
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
Proverbs 28:17A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:2-12
David's Dying Charge; David's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 1015.) 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 show 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… Read the whole commentary →