1 Kings 2:9
in 1 Kings 2Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
KJV
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hold him not guiltless - i. e. “Do not treat him as an innocent man. Punish him as in thy wisdom thou deemest best. Not capitally at once; but so that he may be likely to give thee in course of time a just occasion to slay him.” So, at least, Solomon seems to have understood the charge. (See 1Ki 2:36-46.)
This site's exposition
Shimei the son of Gera
on 1 Kings 2:8-9
Shimei cursed David with a grievous curse at Bahurim in 2 Samuel 16:5-13 and was sworn safety at the Jordan in 2 Samuel 19:16-23; David keeps his own oath to the letter while telling Solomon the account is still open. Thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do leaves the method open, and Solomon's eventual sentence in verses 36 to 46 will rest on a new oath Shimei breaks himself rather than on the old curse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on 1 Kings 2:8-9
He has no less malice than he had then, though he has more sense to conceal it. He is still a debtor to the public justice for what he did then; and, though I promised him that I would not put him to death, I never promised that my successor should not.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּה֙ | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תְּנַקֵּ֔הוּ | tenakehu | you leave unpunished him | H5352 → | |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | [are] a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| חָכָ֖ם | chakham | wise | H2450 → | 138 times |
| אָ֑תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וְיָֽדַעְתָּ֙ | veyada'ta | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ | taaseh- | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לּ֔וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| וְהוֹרַדְתָּ֧ | vehoradta | and you will bring down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ | seivato | grey hair his | H7872 → | |
| בְּדָ֖ם | bedam | in blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| שְׁאֽוֹל׃ | sheol | Sheol | H7585 → |
וְעַתָּה֙and therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תְּנַקֵּ֔הוּyou leave unpunished him
tenakehuH5352 →
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִ֥ישׁ[are] a man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
חָכָ֖םwise
chakhamH2450 →138 times
אָ֑תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וְיָֽדַעְתָּ֙and you will know
veyada'taH3045 →945 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־you will do
taaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לּ֔וֹto him
lo
וְהוֹרַדְתָּ֧and you will bring down
vehoradtaH3381 →381 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֵׂיבָת֛וֹgrey hair his
seivatoH7872 →
בְּדָ֖םin blood
bedamH1818 →360 times
שְׁאֽוֹל׃Sheol
sheolH7585 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 3:12behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
it leads to
- 1 John 5:14–15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Matthew 12:42
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
- 1 Kings 5:12
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
- 1 John 5:14–15
Through
Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
it leads to
- Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
- Proverbs 13:21
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
- Genesis 44:16
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and…
- Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Isaiah 59:12
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.