1.Könige 2 | English Standard Version

David’s Instructions to Solomon

1 When 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,

3 and 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,

4 that 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.

6 Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

7 But 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.

8 And 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.’

9 Now 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

10 Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

11 And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

12 So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

Solomon’s Reign Established

13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come peacefully?” He said, “Peacefully.”

14 Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” She said, “Speak.”

15 He 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.

16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.”

17 And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

18 Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”

19 So 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.

20 Then 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.”

21 She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”

22 King 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.”

23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!

24 Now 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.”

25 So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.

26 And 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.”

27 So 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.

28 When 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.

29 And 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.”

30 So 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.”

31 The 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.

32 The 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.

33 So 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.”

34 Then 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.

35 The 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.

36 Then 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.

37 For 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.”

38 And 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.

39 But 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,”

40 Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

41 And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,

42 the 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.’

43 Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?”

44 The 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.

45 But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

46 Then 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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الكتاب المقدس

وصايا داود لسليمان

1 وَعِنْدَمَا أَحَسَّ دَاوُدُ بِدُنُوِّ أَجَلِهِ، أَوْصَى سُلَيْمَانَ ابْنَهُ قَائِلاً:

2 «أَنَا مَاضٍ إِلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ، فَتَشَجَّعْ وَكُنْ رَجُلاً.

3 احْفَظْ شَرَائِعَ إِلَهِكَ. سِرْ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَأَطِعْ فَرَائِضَهُ وَوَصَايَاهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ، كَمَا هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، لِيُحَالِفَكَ النَّجَاحُ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَفْعَلُ وَحَيْثُمَا تَتَوَجَّهُ،

4 فَيُحَقِّقَ الرَّبُّ وُعُودَهُ الَّتِي وَعَدَنِي بِها قَائِلاً: إِذَا حَفِظَ بَنُوكَ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَسَلَكُوا أَمَامِي بِإِخْلاصٍ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَنْقَطِعَ لَكَ رَجُلٌ عَنِ اعْتِلاءِ عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا جَنَاهُ عَلَيَّ يُوآبُ ابْنُ صُرُوِيَّةَ حِينَ قَتَلَ قَائِدَيْ جُيُوشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَبْنَيْرَ بْنَ نَيْرٍ وَعَمَاسَا بْنَ يَثْرٍ، فَسَفَكَ دَماً فِي وَقْتِ السِّلْمِ، وَكَأَنَّهُ فِي خِضَمِّ حَرْبٍ، فَلَطَّخَ بِذَلِكَ الدَّمِ حِزَامَ حَقَوَيْهِ وَنَعْلَيْ رِجْلَيْهِ.

6 فَاقْضِ بِمَا تُمْلِيهِ عَلَيْكَ حِكْمَتُكَ، وَلا تَدَعْ رَأْسَهُ الأَشْيَبَ يَمُوتُ فِي سَلامٍ.

7 وَاصْنَعْ مَعْرُوفاً لِبَنِي بَرْزِلَّايِ الْجِلْعَادِيِّ، فَيَكُونُوا بَيْنَ الآكِلِينَ الدَّائِمِينَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ وَقَفُوا إِلَى جَانِبِي عِنْدَ هُرُوبِي مِنْ وَجْهِ أَبْشَالُومَ أَخِيكَ.

8 وَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً شِمْعِي بْنُ جِيرَا الْبِنْيَامِينِيُّ مِنْ بَحُورِيمَ، فَقَدْ صَبَّ عَلَيَّ أَشَدَّ اللَّعْنَاتِ يَوْمَ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ انْحَدَرَ لِلِقَائِي عِنْدَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُسْتَغْفِراً، فَحَلَفْتُ لَهُ بِالرَّبِّ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أُمِيتَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ،

9 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلا تُبَرِّرْهُ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ حَكِيمٌ، فَانْظُرْ مَا تُعَاقِبُهُ بِهِ. أَحْدِرْ شَيْبَتَهُ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ مُلَطَّخَةً بِالدَّمِ».

10 ثُمَّ مَاتَ دَاوُدُ وَدُفِنَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

11 وَكَانَتْ فَتْرَةُ حُكْمِ دَاوُدَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، مَلَكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فِي حَبْرُونَ وَثَلاثاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 وَأَصْبَحَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ خَلَفاً لِوَالِدِهِ دَاوُدَ، وَتَثَبَّتَتْ دَعَائِمُ مَمْلَكَتِهِ.

إقامة عرش سليمان

13 وَجَاءَ أَدُونِيَّا بْنُ حَجِّيثَ إِلَى بَثْشَبَعَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمَانَ فَسَأَلَتْهُ: «أَجِئْتَ مُسَالِماً؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «مُسَالِماً»،

14 وَأَضَافَ: «وَلَدَيَّ مَا أَطْلُبُهُ مِنْكِ». فَقَالَتْ: «تَكَلَّمْ» فَقَالَ:

15 «أَنْتِ تَعْلَمِينَ أَنَّ الْمُلْكَ كَانَ مِنْ حَقِّي، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدِ الْتَفُّوا حَوْلِي لأَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَكِنْ تَحَوَّلَتِ الأُمُورُ، وَصَارَ الْمُلْكُ لأَخِي بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ.

16 وَلِيَ الآنَ مَطْلَبٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَلا تُخَيِّبِي أَمَلِي فِيهِ،

17 اطْلُبِي مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَنِي مِنْ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ فَهُوَ لَا يَرُدُّ لَكِ سُؤْلاً».

18 فَأَجَابَتْهُ بَثْشَبَعُ: «أَنَا أُخَاطِبُ الْمَلِكَ فِي الأَمْرِ نِيَابَةً عَنْكَ».

19 وَدَخَلَتْ بَثْشَبَعُ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لِتَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ مَطْلَبَ أَدُونِيَّا، فَهَبَّ الْمَلِكُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهَا وَسَجَدَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، وَأَعَدَّ لَهَا مَقْعَداً مَلَكِيًّا آخَرَ فَجَلَسَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ،

20 وَقَالَتْ: «جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ أَمْراً وَاحِداً بَسِيطاً، فَلا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِبَةً». فَأَجَابَهَا: «اسْأَلِي يَا أُمِّي، لأَنِّي لَنْ أُخَيِّبَ لَكِ رَجَاءً».

21 فَقَالَتْ: «زَوِّجْ أَدُونِيَّا أَخَاكَ مِنْ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ».

22 فَأَجَابَهَا الْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا تَطْلُبِينَ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ فَقَطْ لأَدُونِيَّا؟ اُطْلُبِي لَهُ الْمُلْكَ أَيْضاً، فَهُوَ أَخِي الأَكْبَرُ، فَيُصْبِحَ الْمُلْكُ لَهُ وَلأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ وَيُوآبَ ابْنِ صُرُوِيَّةَ».

23 وَحَلَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْمَلِكُ بِالرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «لِيُعَاقِبْنِي الرَّبُّ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ وَيَزِدْ إِنْ لَمْ يَدْفَعْ أَدُونِيَّا حَيَاتَهُ ثَمَناً لِهَذَا الْمَطْلَبِ.

24 حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي ثَبَّتَنِي وَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي وَأَعْطَانِي مُلْكاً كَمَا وَعَدَ. الْيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ أَدُونِيَّا».

25 وَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ فَقَتَلَ أَدُونِيَّا.

26 وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ: «انْطَلِقْ إِلَى حُقُولِكَ فِي عَنَاثُوثَ وَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ، فَأَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَوْجِبٌ المَوْتَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَنْ أَقْتُلَكَ، لأَنَّكَ حَمَلْتَ تَابُوتَ سَيِّدِي الرَّبِّ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي وَلأَنَّكَ قَاسَيْتَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا قَاسَى مِنْهُ أَيْضاً».

27 وطَرَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَبِيَاثَارَ مِنْ وَظِيفَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ، لِيَتِمَّ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ عَلَى نَسْلِ عَالِي فِي شِيلُوهَ.

28 فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ يُوآبَ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ تَآمَرَ مَعَ أَدُونِيَّا وَلَيْسَ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَهَرَبَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَتَشَبَّثَ بِقُرُونِ الْمَذْبَحِ،

29 فَقِيلَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِنَّ يُوآبَ قَدْ لَجَأَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَهَا هُوَ مُقِيمٌ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمَذْبَحِ، فَأَمَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ وَيَقْتُلَهُ.

30 فَدَخَلَ بَنَايَاهُو إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لِيُوآبَ: «الْمَلِكُ يَأْمُرُكَ بِالْخُرُوجِ» فَأَجَابَ: «لا. لَنْ أَخْرُجَ بَلْ أَمُوتَ هُنَا» فَأَبْلَغَ بَنَايَاهُو الْمَلِكَ جَوَابَ يُوآبَ

31 فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «افْعَلْ مِثْلَمَا قَالَ، وَاقْتُلْهُ وَادْفِنْهُ وَأَزِلْ عَنِّي وَعَنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي ذَنْبَ الدِّمَاءِ الزَّكِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَفَكَهَا يُوآبُ،

32 فَيُحَمِّلَهُ الرَّبُّ وَحْدَهُ وِزْرَ إِثْمِهِ، لأَنَّهُ اغْتَالَ بِالسَّيْفِ رَجُلَيْنِ بَرِيئَيْنِ، هُمَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ، مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَهُمَا أَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَمَاسَا بْنُ يَثْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ يَهُوذَا،

33 فَيَرْتَدُّ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسِ يُوآبَ وَرَأْسِ نَسْلِهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَيَمْلأُ سَلامُ الرَّبِّ دَاوُدَ وَنَسْلَهُ وَبَيْتَهُ وَعَرْشَهُ إِلَى مَدَى الدَّهْرِ».

34 فَانْطَلَقَ بَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ وَقَتَلَ يُوآبَ. وَدُفِنَ فِي جُوَارِ بَيْتِهِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

35 وَعَيَّنَ الْمَلِكُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ مَكَانَهُ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ، وَأَقَامَ صَادُوقَ الْكَاهِنَ مَكَانَ أَبِيَاثَارَ.

36 ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ شِمْعِي بْنَ جِيرَا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ابْنِ لَكَ بَيْتاً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقِمْ هُنَاكَ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُغَادِرَ الْمَدِينَةَ.

37 وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ يَوْمَ تَتَخَطَّى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ فَإِنَّكَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُ وَيَكُونُ دَمُكَ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ».

38 فَأَجَابَ شِمْعِي الْمَلِكَ: «حَسَناً، فَإِنَّ عَبْدَكَ يُنَفِّذُ كُلَّ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». فَأَقَامَ شِمْعِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً.

39 وَفِي خِتَامِ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ هَرَبَ عَبْدَانِ لِشِمْعِي إِلَى أَخِيشَ بْنِ مَعْكَةَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ، فَقِيلَ لِشِمْعِي هُوَذَا عَبْدَاكَ فِي جَتَّ.

40 فَقَامَ وَأَسْرَجَ حِمَارَهُ وَارْتَحَلَ إِلَى جَتَّ إِلَى أَخِيشَ لِيَبْحَثَ عَنْ عَبْدَيْهِ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدَهُمَا عَادَ بِهِمَا مِنْ جَتَّ.

41 فَبَلَغَ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَّ شِمْعِي قَدْ غَادَرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى جَتَّ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَيْهَا،

42 فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَمَا اسْتَحْلَفْتُكَ بِالرَّبِّ وَأَشْهَدْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَنَّكَ يَوْمَ تُغَادِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَى أَيِّ مَكَانٍ آخَرَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُ. فَأَجَبْتَنِي: حَسَناً، وَسَمْعاً وَطَاعَةً.

43 فَلِمَاذَا نَقَضْتَ يَمِينَ الرَّبِّ وَنَكَثْتَ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِهِ؟»

44 ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ تُدْرِكُ فِي قَرَارَةِ نَفْسِكَ كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبْتَهُ فِي حَقِّ أَبِي، فَلْيُعَاقِبْكَ الرَّبُّ بِمَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاكَ.

45 أَمَّا الْمَلِكُ فَلْيُنْعِمْ عَلَيْهِ الرَّبُّ بِبَرَكَاتِهِ، وَلْيَكُنْ عَرْشُ دَاوُدَ رَاسِخاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

46 وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِشِمْعِي وَيَقْتُلَهُ، وَهَكَذَا ثَبَتَ الْمُلْكُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ.

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