1 Kings 2:44
in 1 Kings 2The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
KJV
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThere was no need to examine witnesses for the proof of the fact, his own conscience was instead of a thousand witnesses. That wickedness which men's own hearts alone are privy to is enough, if duly considered, to fill them with confusion, in expectation of its return upon their own heads; for if the heart be privy to it, God is greater than the heart and knoweth all things.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
You can see here four people who were condemned by Solomon because they were guilty of treason: they all foreshadowed the Jewish nation's ruin, which would derive from Christ's unjust killing. Adonijah, who was appointed as king and was killed shortly later, was the first …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, 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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Thine heart - For which thine own conscience accuseth thee, and there is no need of other witnesses. The Lord - God hath punished thee for thy former wickedness, by suffering thee to expose thyself to thy deserved death.
The king said moreover to Shimei,....
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֗י | shimi | Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| אַתָּ֤ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ | yada'ta | you know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרָעָ֗ה | haraah | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָדַע֙ | yada' | it knows | H3045 → | 945 times |
| לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ | levavekha | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֖יתָ | ʾasita | you did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְדָוִ֣ד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֑י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְהֵשִׁ֧יב | veheshiv | and he will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רָעָתְךָ֖ | raatekha | evil your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ | beroshekha | on head your | H7218 → | 599 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שִׁמְעִ֗יShimei
shimiH8096 →43 times
אַתָּ֤הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙you know
yada'taH3045 →945 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָרָעָ֗הthe evil
haraahH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָדַע֙it knows
yada'H3045 →945 times
לְבָ֣בְךָ֔heart your
levavekhaH3824 →252 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֖יתָyou did
ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times
לְדָוִ֣דto David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֑יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וְהֵשִׁ֧יבand he will return
veheshivH7725 →1056 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רָעָתְךָ֖evil your
raatekhaH7451 →662 times
בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃on head your
beroshekhaH7218 →599 times
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
Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
it leads to
- Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his…
- Psalms 37:12–13
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- 1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- Psalms 36:12
There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
- 1 Samuel 26:10
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- Esther 9:25
Through
Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
it leads to
- Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Proverbs 1:31–32
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 11:5
Through
1 Samuel 25:39On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:34
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal…
- 1 Samuel 25:34
About 1 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 2:39; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.