1Kort efter, da David lå for døden, kaldte han Salomon ind for at give ham sine sidste ord:2„Alle skal jo dø, og nu er det snart min tur! Men Salomon, jeg har tillid til, at du vil blive en stærk og værdig efterfølger.3Gør altid, som Gud siger! Adlyd omhyggeligt de love og forordninger, som han gav os gennem Moses, så vil dit liv lykkes.4Hvis du altid er lydig, vil Herren opfylde det løfte, han gav mig, for han har lovet, at hvis mine børn og deres efterkommere tager sig i agt og viser helhjertet trofasthed imod ham, vil der i al fremtid være en af mine efterkommere på tronen i Israel.5Hør nu efter! Du ved, at Joab myrdede mine to hærførere Abner og Amasa, da han i fredstid stak dem ned uden varsel som hævn for, hvad de havde gjort i en krigssituation.6Du er en klog mand, Salomon, og du ved, hvad du bør gøre: Lad ikke Joab dø en fredelig død i sin alderdom.7Men Barzillajs sønner fra Gilead skal du vise godhed, og du skal sørge for deres fornødenheder, for de tog sig af mig, dengang jeg flygtede fra din bror Absalom.8Og husker du Shimi, Geras søn af Benjamins stamme fra Bahurim? Han forbandede mig groft, da jeg var på vej til Mahanajim. Men da han senere kom ned til Jordanfloden for at møde mig, lovede jeg, at jeg ikke ville slå ham ihjel.9Men det betyder ikke, at han er uskyldig. Salomon, du er en klog mand; du finder nok på råd, så Shimi får en blodig død!”10Derefter døde David, og han blev begravet i Davidsbyen.*11Han havde regeret i Israel i 40 år, de syv med hovedsæde i Hebron og de 33 med hovedsæde i Jerusalem.12Salomon blev den nye konge efter sin far David, og hans kongedømme var stærkt fra starten.
Salomon befæster sit kongedømme
13En dag opsøgte Adonija Salomons mor, Batsheba. „Kommer du i et fredeligt ærinde?” spurgte hun. „Ja, det gør jeg,” svarede Adonija.14„Faktisk kommer jeg for at bede dig gøre mig en tjeneste.” „Hvilken tjeneste?” spurgte hun.15„Jo, ser du,” begyndte Adonija. „Det var jo egentlig mig, der havde krav på tronen, for jeg var den ældste af Davids sønner, der er i live, og hele Israel forventede, at jeg blev konge. Men så overtog min bror som bekendt det hele—og det må vel være Herrens vilje.16Nu beder jeg dig blot love mig, at du vil gøre mig en lille tjeneste.” „Hvad drejer det sig om?” spurgte Batsheba.17„At du taler til kong Salomon på mine vegne,” svarede Adonija. „Jeg ved jo, at han vil gøre, hvad du beder ham om. Bed ham om at give mig Abishag fra Shunem til kone.”18„Jeg skal gøre, hvad jeg kan,” lovede hun.19Så gik Batsheba til kong Salomons tronsal. Da hun kom ind, gik han hende i møde og bøjede sig dybt for hende, hvorefter han gav ordre til, at der skulle bæres en trone frem til hende. Den blev anbragt på hans højre side, og hun tog plads.20„Jeg vil bede dig gøre mig en lille tjeneste,” begyndte hun. „Jeg håber ikke, du skuffer mig.” „Hvad tænker du på, mor?” spurgte han. „Du ved, jeg ikke vil nægte dig noget!”21„Så lad din bror Adonija få lov at gifte sig med Abishag,” svarede hun.22„Er du vanvittig?” udbrød Salomon. „Hvorfor tror du, han beder om Abishag? Han kunne lige så godt bede om kongeværdigheden med det samme! Han er jo min ældste bror, og han har tilmed Ebjatar og Joab på sin side.”23Da svor kong Salomon: „Måtte Herren straffe mig om ikke den listige anmodning kommer til at koste Adonija livet! Jeg sværger ved den levende Gud, han, der indsatte mig som konge efter min far og som lovede mig, at min slægt skulle være konger efter mig, at Adonija skal dø allerede i dag!”25Salomon befalede Benaja, at han straks skulle hugge Adonija ned med sit sværd.26Kongen sagde derefter til Ebjatar: „Tag hjem til din gård i Anatot. Jeg burde egentlig også lade dig henrette, men lad os nu se tiden an, for trods alt bar du Herren, den Almægtiges, Ark, dengang min far var konge, og du udholdt din del af de strabadser, min far måtte igennem.”27Dermed blev Ebjatar afsat fra sin stilling som præst for Herren, og samtidig opfyldtes det ord, Herren havde talt i Shilo om Elis efterkommere.28Da Joab hørte nyheden om Adonijas død, søgte han straks tilflugt i helligdommen og greb fat om alterets horn. Han var i fare, fordi han havde støttet Adonija i hans oprør, selv om han ikke havde støttet Absalom.29Da kong Salomon fik at vide, hvor Joab gemte sig, sendte han Benaja af sted for at henrette ham.30Benaja gik hen til helligdommen og sagde til Joab: „I kongens navn: Kom ud!” „Nej,” svarede Joab, „jeg bliver her, til jeg dør!” Så vendte Benaja tilbage til kongen med den besked.31„Godt,” svarede kongen, „så lad ham dø der! Henret ham ved alteret og begrav ham. Så hviler skylden for de mord, han har begået på uskyldige mennesker, ikke længere på mig og min fars slægt.32Herren vil holde ham personligt ansvarlig for at have myrdet to mænd, der var bedre end ham, for det var ikke med min fars samtykke, at de blev myrdet, hverken Abner, der var øverstkommanderende for Israels hær, eller Amasa, der var øverstkommanderende for Judas hær.33Må skylden alene tilregnes Joab og hans efterkommere, og må Herren frifinde David og hans efterkommere i den sag.”34Så gik Benaja tilbage og dræbte Joab, og han blev begravet uden for sit hus i ørkenen.35Kongen udpegede derefter Benaja til sin nye hærfører og Zadok til præst ved helligdommen i Ebjatars sted.36Kongen sendte nu bud efter Shimi og sagde: „Byg dig et hus her i Jerusalem. Du er under husarrest, og du må ikke forlade byen, uanset hvad der sker. I samme øjeblik du overskrider Kedrondalen, er du dødsens, og du er selv ude om det.”38„Godt,” svarede Shimi. „Du er min herre og konge, og jeg vil gøre, som du siger.” Han blev derefter i Jerusalem i lang tid.39Men tre år senere flygtede to af Shimis slaver til kong Akish i Gat. Da Shimi fik at vide, at hans slaver var i Gat,40sadlede han sit æsel og opsøgte kong Akish. Efter at have fundet sine slaver vendte han tilbage til Jerusalem.41Salomon fik imidlertid at vide, at Shimi havde forladt Jerusalem og var taget til Gat og hjem igen.42Da sendte han bud efter ham og sagde: „Befalede jeg dig ikke i Guds navn at blive i Jerusalem, hvis du havde dit liv kært? Og svor du ikke på, at du ville blive i byen?43Hvorfor har du da trodset min befaling og brudt din ed?44Og hvad med alle de onde ting, du gjorde mod min far, David? Nu vil Herren straffe dig for din ondskab,45men hans velsignelse vil fortsat hvile over Davids slægt, så de kan bevare kongemagten for evigt.”46På kongens befaling henrettede Benaja så Shimi. Med Adonijas og Joabs død blev Salomons kongedømme yderligere befæstet.
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David’s Instructions to Solomon
1When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,2“I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,3and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,4that the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack* a man on the throne of Israel.’5“Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging* in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war* on the belt around his* waist and on the sandals on his feet.6Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.7But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty* they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.8And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”
The Death of David
10Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.11And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.12So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Solomon’s Reign Established
13Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come peacefully?” He said, “Peacefully.”14Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” She said, “Speak.”15He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.16And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.”17And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”18Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.20Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”21She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”22King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother, and on his side are Abiathar* the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!24Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”25So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.26And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all my father’s affliction.”27So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.28When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.29And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”30So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”31The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.32The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.33So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.35The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.36Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.37For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head.”38And Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.39But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, “Behold, your servants are in Gath,”40Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.41And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,42the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I will obey.’43Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?”44The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will bring back your harm on your own head.45But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”46Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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