1 Kings 2:9
But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
Genesis 44:31Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.
Exodus 22:27For that is his couering only, and this is his garment for his skin: wherin shall he sleepe? therefore when he crieth vnto mee, I will heare him: for I am mercifull.
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not doe so, beholde, ye haue sinned against the Lord, and be sure, that your sinne will finde you out.
1 Kings 2:6Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
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 →