1 Kings 2:9
But thou shalt by no means hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and shalt bring down his gray hairs with blood to the grave.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
Genesis 44:31it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.
Exodus 22:27Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of thy people.
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.
1 Kings 2:6Therefore thou shalt deal with him according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his gray hairs in peace to the grave.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute 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 →