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David’s Instructions to Solomon

1 Now athe days of David drew near that he should die, and he1 charged Solomon his son, saying:  
2 a“I go the way of all the earth; bbe strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man.  
3 And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may aprosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;  
4 that the Lord may afulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, b‘If your sons take heed to their way, to cwalk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, d‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’  
5 “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah adid to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to bAbner the son of Ner and cAmasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.  
6 Therefore do aaccording to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.  
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I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).

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