1 Kings 2:8

1 Kings 2:8

6 Therefore do ^aaccording to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.

7 “But show kindness to the sons of ^aBarzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who ^beat at your table, for so ^cthey came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

8 “And see, you have with you ^aShimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But ^bhe came down to meet me at the Jordan, and ^cI swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

9 Now therefore, ^ado not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but ^bbring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”

Death of David

10 So ^aDavid rested with his fathers, and was buried in ^bthe City of David.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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thou hast with thee Shimei—Though David promised him a pardon, which being enforced by the presence of a thousand followers, could not have been well refused, he warned his son against Shimei as a turbulent and dangerous character. It must not be supposed that in these dying instructions David was evincing a fierce, vindictive spirit. He is rather to be considered as acting in the character of a king and magistrate, in noticing crimes which he had not been in a condition to punish, and pointing out persons of whom Solomon would be under a necessity to rid himself as dangerous to the state. The grateful mention of Barzillai's kindness [I Kings 2:7] was, however, a personal feeling that does honor to the warmth of his heart; and his silence as to Mephibosheth, the son of his beloved Jonathan, would imply the previous death of that prince.

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