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1 Kings 2

1 Kings 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowc the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
drew nigh
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
that he should die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
; and he charged
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
his son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 47:29• 29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: (Gen. 47:29)
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Deut. 31:14• 14And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Deut. 31:14)
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Job 7:1• 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? (Job 7:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  David, having given a charge to Solomon,
3-4:  of religiousness;
5-6:  of Joab;
7:  of Barzillai;
8-9:  of Shimei;
10-11:  dies.
12:  Solomon succeeds.
13-25:  Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death.
26-27:  Abiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the priesthood.
28-34:  Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain.
35:  Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadok in Abiathar's.
36-46:  Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is put to death.
the days.
Gen. 47:29• 29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: (Gen. 47:29)
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Deut. 31:14• 14And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Deut. 31:14)
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Deut. 33:1• 1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (Deut. 33:1)
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2 Tim. 4:6• 6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (2 Tim. 4:6)
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2 Peter 1:13‑15• 13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
 14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.
 15Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. (2 Peter 1:13‑15)
charged.
Num. 27:19• 19And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. (Num. 27:19)
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Deut. 3:28• 28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. (Deut. 3:28)
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Deut. 31:23• 23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. (Deut. 31:23)
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Acts 20:28‑31• 28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
 29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
 30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:28‑31)
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1 Tim. 1:18• 18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; (1 Tim. 1:18)
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1 Tim. 6:13• 13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; (1 Tim. 6:13)
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2 Tim. 4:1• 1I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (2 Tim. 4:1)
• Here we do not find “the last words of David” as 2 Samuel 23 gives them to us. The discourse contained in our passage historically precedes these “last words” which could be inserted between verses 9 and 10. (“David?s Last Recommendation: 1 Kings 2:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,