A¹ 1 Kings 1:1 – 12:15. The Kingdom. United.
A² 1 Kings 12:16 – 2 Kings 25:30. The Kingdom. Divided.
A¹ B¹ 1 Kings 1:1-2:11. David.
B² 1 Kings 2:12-11:43. Solomon.
B³ 1 Kings 12:1-15. Rehoboam.
A² C¹ 1 Kings 12:16-19. The division of the Kingdom.
D¹ E¹ 1 Kings 12:2-14:20. ISRAEL (Jereoboam I).
F¹ 1 Kings 14:21-15:24. JUDAH (Rehoboam,
14:21-31; Abijam,15:1-8; Asa,15:9-24).
E² 1 Kings 15:25-22:40. ISRAEL (Nadab,15:25-
31; Baasha,15:32-16:7; Elah,16:8-14;
Zimri,16:15-20; [Interregnum,16:21,22;]
Omri,16:23-28; Ahab,16:29-22:40).
F² 1 Kings 22:41-50. JUDAH (Jehoshaphat).
E³ 1 Kings 22:51 – 2 Kings 8:15. ISRAEL
(Ahaziah,1 Kings 22:51 – 2 Kings 1:18;
[Elijah's translation,2 Kings 2:1-25];
Joram,2 Kings 3:1-8:15).
F³ 2 Kings 8:16-9:29. JUDAH (Jehoram,8:16-
24; Ahaziah,8:25-9:29).
E4 2 Kings 9:30-10:36. ISRAEL (Jehu)**.
F4 2 Kings 11:1-12:21. JUDAH (Athaliah,
11:1-16; Joash,11:17)**.
D² E5 2 Kings 13:1-25. ISRAEL (Jehoahaz,13:1-9;
Jehoash,13:10-25).
F5 2 Kings 14:1-22. JUDAH (Amaziah,14:1-20;
Uzziah,14:2,22).
E6 2 Kings 14:23-29. ISRAEL (Jeroboam II).
F6 2 Kings 15:1-7. JUDAH (Uzziah).
E7 2 Kings 15:8-31. ISRAEL (Zacharah,15:32-38;
Shallum,15:13-16; Menahem,15:17-22;
Pekahiah,15:23-26; Pekah,27-31).
F7 2 Kings 15:32-16:20. JUDAH (Jotham,15:32-
38; Ahaz,16:1-20).
E8 2 Kings 17:1-41. ISRAEL (Hoshea)**.
F8 2 Kings 18:1-24:20. JUDAH (Hezekiah,
18:1-20:21; Manasseh,21:1-18; Amon,
21:19-26; Josiah,22:1-23:30; Jehoahaz,
23:31-35; Jehoiakim,23:36-24:7;
Jehoiachin,24:8-16; Zedekiah,24:17-20).
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**Note the division of the 8 pairs into 2 groups, by the events which characterise the last pair of each group.
KINGS. As compared with Chronicles, Kings and Samuel give the history from the human point of view, while Chronicles gives the same history from the Divine standpoint. The former, as man ruled the history; the later, as God overuled it. Cp. Saul's death, 1 Sam.31:6, with 1 Chron.10:13,14; and in Kings, 3 verses given to Hezekiah's reformation, and in Chronicles, 3 Chapters. For parallel passages in the Book of Chronicles, see link * above. For the order of the Book in the Hebrew cannon, see introduction to Bible study
Originally only one Book in the Hebrew Cannon, form in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth Books of Kings (the Books of Samuel being the first and second). It must be remembered that the division between the Books of Kings and Samuel is equally artificial, and that in point of fact the historical Books commencing with with Judges and ending with 2 Kings present the appearace of one work, giving a continuous history of Israel from the time of Joshua to the death of Jehoiachin. The Books of Kings contains the history from David's death to Solomon's accession to the destruction of Jerusalem, with a supplemental notice of an event that occurred after an interval of 26 years - namely, the liberation of Jehoiachin from his prison at Babylon - and a still further extension to Jehoiachin's death, the time of which is not known, but which was probably not long after his liberation. The history therefore comprehends the whole time of the Israelitish monarchy, exclusive of the reigns of Saul and David. As regards the affairs of foreign nations and the relation of Israel to them, the historical notices in these Books, though in the earlier times scantly, are most valuable, and in striking accord with the latest additions to or knowledge of contemporary profane history. A most important aid to a right understanding of the history in these Books, and to the flling up of its outline, is to be found in he prophets, and especially in Isaiah and Jeremiah.
TIME WHEN WRITTEN. They were undoubtedly writen during the period of the cativity, probably after the 26th year.
AUTHORSHIP. as regards the authorship of the Books, but little difficulty presents itself. The Jewish tradition which ascribes them to Jeremiah is borne out by the strongest internal evidence.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION. There was a regular series of state annals for both the kingdom of Judah and that of Israel, which embraced the whole time comprehended in the Books of Kings, or at least at the end of the reign of Jehoiachin. 2 Kings 24:5. These annals are constanly cited by name as "the book of the acts of Solomon", 1 Kings 11:41; and after Solomon "the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah" or "Israel", e.g. 1 Kings 14:29; 15:7; 16:5,14,20; 2 Kings 10:34; 24:5, ect.; and it is manifest that the author of Kings had them both before him while he drew up his history, in which the reigns of the 2 kingdoms are harmonized and these annals constantly appealed to. But in addition to these national annals, there were also extant, at the time that the Books of Kings were compiled, seperate works of the several prophets who had lived in Judah and Israel.
AUTHORITY. Their cannonical authority having never been disputed, it is needless to bring forward the testimonies of their authenticity which may be found in Josephus, Eusebius, Jerome, Augustine, ect. They are reckoned among the prophets, in the threefold division of the Holy Scriptures; a possition in accordance with the supposition that they may be compiled by Jeremiah, and contain the naratives of the different prophets in succession. They are frequently cited by our LORD and by the apostles.
x 2 Sam.2:1-4:12. The Divided kingdom. y 2 Sam.5:1-24:26. The United kingdom. y 1 Kings 1:1-12:15. The United Kingdom. x 1 Kings 12:16 – 2 Kings 25:30. The Divided kingdom.
B¹ G¹ J 1:1. David. Length of years. K 1:2-4. Advice of servants to David. H L 1:5-10. Solomon. Wrongful succession. M N 1:11-14. Nathan. Counter-action. O 1:15-. Bath-sheba. " G² 1:-15. David. Very old. H M O 1:16-21. Bath-sheba. Counter-action. N 1:22-27. Nathan. " L 1:28-53. Solomon. Rightful succession. G³ K 2:1-9. Advice of David to Solomon. J 2:10,11. David. Length of reign.
921 B.C.
1)
2: Wherefore his servants (i.e. his advisers, probably medical) said to him, “Let there be sought for my lord the king a young damsel: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.”
3: So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag (= father of error [i.e. blundering) a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4: And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5: Then Adonijah (= my lord is Yehovah. 4th son of David [2 Sam.3:4]. Amno dead [2 Sam.13:29. Absalom dead [2 Sam.18:14], and probably Chileab [2 Sam.3:3]) the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king:” and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
6: And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother (i.e. "Haggith", v.5) bare him after Absalom.
7: And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah (this is why his name is not in 2 Sam.23. See 2 Sam.23:24), and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
8: But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David (see 2 Sam.23:8,9,16,22), were not with Adonijah.
9: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel (= well or spring of the fuller. South side of Jerusalem, in the Kidron valley), and called all his brethren and the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
10: But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
N c 11. Bath-sheba. Danger. d 12. Advice for David. d 13. Advice for Bath-sheba. c 14. Bath-sheba. Support.11: Wherefore Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith does reign, and David our lord knowes it not?
12: Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save your own soul, and the life of your son Solomon.
13: Go and get you in to king David, and say to him, “Did not you, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?’ why then does Adonijah reign?
14: And behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.”
15: And Bath-sheba went in to the king into the chamber:
and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.
M O e 16. Obeisance of Bath-sheba. Nathan's advice f 17. Rightful successor? Followed. g 18. Adonijah. " h 19. Feast. " i 20,21. Expectation. " N e 22,23. Obeisance of Nathan. Nathan's promise f 24. Wrongful successor. Fulfilled. g 25-. Adonijah. " h -25,26. Feast. " i 27. Inquiry. "
16: And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said to her, “What do you want?”
17: And she said to him, “My lord o king, you swore by the Lord (Yehovah) your (Elohim) to your handmaid, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.’
18: And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not:”
19: And he has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon your servant has he not called.
20: And now, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21: Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers (see Deut.31:16), that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders” (Heb. chãt’ã. See Lev.4:2).
22: And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23: And they told the king, saying, “Behold Nathan the prophet.” And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24: And Nathan said, “My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
25: For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest;
and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God (Elohim) save king Adonijah.
26: But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, has he not called.
27: Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not showed it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
L P¹ 28-40. Proclomation and anointing. P² 41-53. Adonijah. Rebellion quelled.
P¹ Q¹ j¹ 28. Call for Bath-sheba (David). k¹ 29,30. Command. Given. l¹ 31. Acquiescence. Reverence. Q² j² 32. Call for Zadok (David). k² 33-35. Command. Given. l³ 36,37. Acquiesence. Benedicton. Q³ j³ 38. Call for Solomon (Zadok). k³ 39. Comand. Obeyed. l³ 40. Acquiesence. Rejoicing.
28: Then king David answered and said, “Call me Bath-sheba.” And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
29: And the king swore, and said, “As the Lord (Yehovah) lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30: Even according as I swore to you by the Lord God (Yehovah Elohim) of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead;’ even so will I certainly do this day.”
31: Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, “Let my lord king David live for ever.”
32: And king David said, “Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” And they came before the king.
33: The king also said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule (David had not disobeyed Deut.17:16, as Absalom had done [2 Sam.15:1] and Adonijah [1 Kings 1:5]), and bring him down to Gihon:
34: And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow you all with the trumpet, and say, ‘God (Elohim) save king Solomon.’
35: Then you all shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne (as associate king, Solomon being 19 years of age); for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”
36: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen: The Lord God (Yehovah Elohim) of my lord the king say so too.
37: As the Lord (Yehovah) has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.”
38: So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39: And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tent (Heb. ‘ohel. Not the Tabernacle at Gibeon, but David's tabernacle [2 Sam.6:17]), and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the People said, “God (Elohim) save king Solomon.”
40: And all the People came up after him, and the People played loudly on pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth tore (Fig. Hyperbole) with the sound of them.
P² m 41. Alarm. n 42-48. Tidings brought to Adonijah. m 49,50. Fear and flight. n 51-53. Tidings brought to Solomon.
41: And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”
42: And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said to him, “Come in; for you are a valiant man, and bring good tidings.”
43: But Jonathan (David's faithful messenger of 2 Sam.15:36 and 17:17) answered and said to Adonijah, “Of a truth (or, truth to tell) our lord king David has made Solomon king.
44: And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites (a bodygaurd [1 Sam.30:14]), and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45: And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from that place rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you all have heard.
46: And also Solomon has taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.
47: And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, ‘God (Elohim) make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king worshipped himself upon the bed (cp. Gen.47:31).
48: And also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be the Lord God (Yehovah Elohim) of Israel, Which has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”
49: And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50: And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
51: And it was told Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon: for, lo, he has caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let king Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.’ ”
52: And Solomon said, “If he will shew himself toward me a son of valour, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.”
53: So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.
K o 1-. David. End near. p q -1-4. For good. Solomon. r 5,6. For retribution. Joab. p q 7. For good. Barzillai. r 8,9. For retribution. Shimei. o 10. Death.
921 to 920 B.C.
2)
1: Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die;
and he charged Solomon his son (cp. Josh.1:6-9), saying,
2: “I go the way of all the earth (cp. Josh.23:14): be you resolute therefore (necessary advice for Solomon, whose name = the peaceable), and show yourself a man;
3: And keep the charge of the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim) (cp. Lev.18:30), to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses (cp. Deut.17:18,19. Josh.1:6-8. Note the emphsis laid on God's Word written. See Ex.17:14), that you may do wisely in all that you do, and to which ever place you turn yourself:
4: That the Lord (Yehovah) may establish His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way (cp. 2 Sam.7:8,11-16), to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you {said He} a man on the throne of Israel.
5: Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me (David's own sister's son. David does not mention the worst sin, the death of Absalom), and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner (cp. 2 Sam.3:27,39), and to Amasa the son of Jether (cp. 2 Sam.20:9-11; 19:18-23), whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6: Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace (Heb. Sheõl. Note "the", not "a". Cp. v.9).
7: But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai (= iron, i.e. strong. Cp. 2 Sam.17:27,29; 19:31,32) the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.
8: And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera (cp. 2 Sam.16:5-13; 19:18-23), a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord (Yehovah) (cp. 2 Sam.?:19-23), saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
9: Now therefore hold him not guiltless: {for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do to him}; neither his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood. (Solomon obeyed David's former alternative and did not "hold him guiltless" [v.36]; but punished him for a fresh offence [vv.42-46])
10: So David slept with his fathers (see Deut.31:16), and was buried in the city of David.
960 to 920 B.C.
11: And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
B² R 2:12-. Solomn. Accession. S 2:-12-11:40. Reign. Events. S 11:41,42. Reign. Record of events. R 11:43. Solomon. Death and burial.
920 B.C.
12: Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father (born in 940. Now 20 years old. #20 = redemption);
S T 2:-12-46. Government. U 3:1. Marriage. T 3:2-10:29. Government. U 11:1-40. Marriages, &c.
T V -12. Establishment of kingdom. W X¹ 13-25. Execution. Adonijah. Y¹ 26,27. Deposition. Abiathar. X² 28-34. Execution. Joab. Y² 35. Substitution. Benaiah and Zadok. X³ 36-46-. Execution. Shimei. V -46. Establishment of kingdom.
and his kingdom was established greatly.
X¹ s 13-16. Bath-sheba. Approached by Adonijah. t 17. Adonijah's request. u 18. Promise made. s 19,20. Bath-sheba. Approach to Solomon. t 21. Adonijah's request. u 22-25. Promise fulfilled. Result.
13: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably.”
14: He said moreover, “I have somewhat to say to you.” And she said to him, “Say on.”
15: And he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the Lord (Yehovah).
16: And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not.” (Heb. idiom = "turn not away my face": face being put for whole person) And she said to him, “Say on.”
17: And he said, “Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, {for he will not say turn away your face,} that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.”
18: And Bath-sheba said, “Good; I will speak for you to the king.”
19: Bath-sheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20: Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say to me not no.” And the king said to her, “Ask on, my mother: for I will not say to you no.”
21: And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife” (the verb is masc., as it usually is when a woman acts a man's part).
22: And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
23: Then king Solomon swore by the Lord (Yehovah), saying, “God (Elohim) do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own soul.
24: Now therefore, according as the Lord (Yehovah) lives, Which has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and Who has made me an house, as He promised (cp. 2 Sam.7:12,15), Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
25: And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26: And to Abiathar the priest said the king, “Get you to Anathoth (cp. Josh.21:18), to your own fields (some codices read "estate"); for you are worthy of death (Heb. idiom = "a man of death" = doomed to death): but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Ark of the Lord GOD (Yehovah Adonai) before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.”
27: So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the Lord (Yehovah); that he might fulfil the word of the Lord (Yehovah) (cp. 1 Sam.2:31,36. Already partially fulfilled [1 Sam.4:11; and now, wholly, in v.35), which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh (cp. 1 Sam.2:35).
28: Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom (the Vulg. reads "Solomon"). And Joab fled to the tent of the Lord (Yehovah), and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29: And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled to the tent of the Lord (Yehovah); and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall upon him.”
30: And Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord (Yehovah), and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come forth.’ ” And he said, “No; but I will die here” (the famous Mugah codex quoted in the Massorah adds "to him"). And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”
31: And the king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32: And the Lord (Yehovah) shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33: Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord (Yehovah).”
34: So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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 to him, “Build you a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth from that place to this place and to that place.
37: For it shall be, that on the day you go out (same as Gen.2:17. Here several days must have elpsed), and pass over the brook Kidron, you shall know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be upon yourself.”
38: And Shimei said to the king, “The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39: And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants be in Gath.” (64 miles away. Therefore the expression "in the day" must refer to a longer period)
40: And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41: And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Did I not make you to swear by the Lord (Yehovah), and protested to you, saying, ‘Know for certain, on the day you go out, and walk abroad to any place, that you shall surely die?’ and you said to me, ‘The word that I have heard is good.’
43: Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord (Yehovah), and the commandment that I have charged you with?”
44: The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the Lord (Yehovah) shall return your wickedness upon your own head;
45: And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord (Yehovah) for ever.”
46: So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died.
And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.