1 Kings 2:9
Now 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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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.
Genesis 44:31it will come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not [with us], that he will die. And thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
Exodus 22:27for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.
1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
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 →