1 Kings 2:37 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:37

On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”

BSB

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ASV

For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy blood shall be upon thine own head - Thou knowest what to expect; if thou disobey my orders thou shalt certainly be slain, and then thou shalt be considered as a self-murderer; thou alone shalt be answerable for thy own death. Solomon knew that Shimei was a seditious man, and he chose to keep him under his own eye; for such a man at large, in favorable circumstances, might do much evil. His bitter revilings of David were a sufficient proof.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Kidron - A brook nigh Jerusalem, which he particularly names, because that was the way to Bahurim, his former habitation: but this is not all, for the restraint was general, that he should not go forth thence any whither. Thy blood - The blame and guilt of thy blood shall lie upon thyself only.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֣ה׀	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בְּי֣וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day	H3117 →
צֵאתְךָ֗	tze.te.Kha	going out you	H3318 →
וְעָֽבַרְתָּ֙	ve.'a.var.Ta	and you will pass over	H5674 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַ֣חַל	Na.chal	[the] wadi of	H5158 →
קִדְר֔וֹן	kid.Ron	Kidron	H6939 →
יָדֹ֥עַ	ya.Do.a'	certainly <to know>	H3045 →
תֵּדַ֖ע	te.Da'	you will know	H3045 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
מ֣וֹת	Mot	certainly <to die>	H4191 →
תָּמ֑וּת	ta.Mut	you will die	H4191 →
דָּמְךָ֖	da.me.Kha	blood your	H1818 →
יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
בְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃	ve.ro.She.kha	on own head your	H7218 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
leads to
- Exodus 21:17
  Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Mark 7:10
  For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- Deuteronomy 27:16
  ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Matthew 15:4
  For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- Proverbs 20:20
  Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Through
2 Samuel 1:16
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
leads to
- Leviticus 20:9
  If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 27:25
  All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Through
Joshua 2:19
If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with…
leads to
- Acts 27:31
  But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings