1 Kings 2:45
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
46So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
1 Kings 2:33And their blood shall return the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever. But to David and his seed and his house, and to his throne be peace for ever from the Lord.
Psalms 21:4For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
Psalms 72:17Let his name be blessed for evermore : his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.
Isaiah 9:6For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:36-46
Shimei's Punishment. ( b. c. 1014.) 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 a 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… Read the whole commentary →