1 Kings 2:38 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:38

“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

KJV

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שִׁמְעִ֤י	shim.'I	Shimei	H8096 →
לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	la.Me.lekh	to the king	H4428 →
ט֣וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
הַדָּבָ֔ר	ha.da.Var	the word	H1697 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּר֙	di.Ber	he has spoken	H1696 →
אֲדֹנִ֣י	'a.do.Ni	lord my	H113 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
כֵּ֖ן	ken	so	H3651 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ya.'a.Seh	he will do	H6213 →
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
שִׁמְעִ֛י	shim.'I	Shimei	H8096 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
יָמִ֥ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
רַבִּֽים׃ ס	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →

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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
2 Kings 20:19
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:18
  So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- Esther 9:30
  And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
- Zechariah 8:19
  “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…
- Leviticus 10:3
  Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I…
Through
1 Kings 20:4
And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:6–7
  Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- Deuteronomy 28:48
  you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Judges 15:11–13
  In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done…
- Leviticus 26:36
  As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…