1 Kings 2:9
Do not thou hold him guiltless. But thou art a wise man, and knowest what to do with him, and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to hell.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
Genesis 44:31And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.
Exodus 22:27For that same is the only thing wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.
Numbers 32:23But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.
1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
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 →