1Thaum Daviv yuav tuag, nws hu nws tus tub Xalumoos los ntuas thiab cob haujlwm rau Xalumoos zaum kawg hais tias, 2“Twb txog lub sijhawm uas kuv yuav tso lub ntiajteb no tseg lawm. Koj cia li ua siab tawv qhawv, 3ua raws li tus TSWV uas yog koj tus Vajtswv kom koj ua. Thiab coj raws li nws tej kevcai thiab tej lus samhwm uas muab sau tseg rau hauv Mauxes phau Kevcai, koj thiaj yuav vammeej, tsis hais koj ua dabtsi lossis koj yuav mus qhov twg. 4Tus TSWV yuav ua raws li tej lus uas nws cog tseg rau kuv hais tias, ‘Yog koj cov tubki ua neeg ncaj ncees thiab coj raws li kuv tej lus qhia kawg siab kawg ntsws kawg plab kawg plawv, mas koj cajces yuav tsis tu tus neeg uas zaum saum cov Yixalayees lub zwmtxwv ib zaug li.’ 5“Dua li ntawd ntxiv, koj twb yeej paub lawm hais tias Yau-am tau ua li cas rau kuv. Nws tau tua cov Yixalayees ob tug thawj tubrog, Neles tus tub Aneles thiab Yethes tus tub Amaxas. Koj nco ntsoov hais tias nws tua nkawd povtseg thaum lub tebchaws muaj kev thajyeeb pauj tej neeg uas nkawd tua thaum lub tebchaws tseem ua tsov ua rog. Nws tua cov neeg uas tsis muaj txim, mas nimno kuv thiaj tau ris lub txim uas nws ua ntawd thiab raug kev txomnyem ntsuav li no. 6Koj yeej paub hais tias, koj yuav tsum ua li cas rau nws lawm; koj tsis txhob pub nws tuag sov siab so li. 7“Koj yuav tsum ua siab dawb siab zoo rau Npaxilais tus uas yog neeg Nkile-as cov tub thiab saib xyuas lawv, rau qhov lawv tau ua zoo heev rau kuv thaum uas kuv khiav mus nkaum koj tus tijlaug Axaloos. 8“Hnub uas kuv mus rau hauv lub nroog Mahana-ees, Nkelas tus tub Sime-is uas yog xeem Npeenyamees uas nyob hauv lub nroog Npahulees tau tsawm foom kuv phem kawg li, tiamsis thaum nws tuaj tos kuv tom tus dej Yauladees, kuv tau tuav tus TSWV lub npe coglus rau nws hais tias, kuv yuav tsis tua nws povtseg. 9Tiamsis nimno, koj tsis txhob cia nws dim dawb dim do. Koj yog neeg txawj ntse, koj yeej paub hais tias tsimnyog koj yuav ua li cas rau nws lawm, koj cia li muab nws tua povtseg.”
Daviv Tuag
10Daviv txawm tuag thiab luag coj nws mus faus rau hauv Daviv lub nroog. 11Daviv ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees tau plaub caug xyoo, nws nyob hauv lub nroog Henploos kav tau xya xyoo thiab nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau peb caug peb xyoo. 12Xalumoos ua vajntxwv hloov nws txiv Daviv chaw, thiab nws muaj hwjchim loj kav lub tebchaws nyob ruaj khov.
Adauniyas Tuag
13Adauniyas uas yog Hankis tus tub mus cuag Npasenpas uas yog Xalumoos niam. Npasenpas nug hais tias, “Puas yog koj tuaj ncaj tuaj ncees?” Adauniyas teb hais tias, “Kuv yeej tuaj ncaj tuaj ncees,” 14thiab nws hais ntxiv hais tias, “Kuv muaj lo puav lus xav nug koj.” Npasenpas teb hais tias, “Koj xav nug dabtsi?” 15Adauniyas teb hais tias, “Koj yeej paub hais tias kuv yuav tsum tau ua vajntxwv thiab txhua tus neeg Yixalayees yeej pom zoo cia kuv ua. Tiamsis muaj tej yam txawv heev tshwm tuaj hais tias kuv tus kwv tau ua vajntxwv lawm, rau qhov yog tus TSWV pom zoo. 16Mas nimno kuv xav yuav ib yam ntawm koj, thov koj muab rau kuv.” Npasenpas nug hais tias, “Yog dabtsi?” 17Adauniyas teb hais tias, “Koj cia li mus thov Xalumoos kom nws muab Anpisas uas yog tus hluas nkauj Sunees rau kuv yuav ua pojniam, rau qhov kuv paub hais tias Xalumoos yuav ua li koj hais.” 18Npasenpas teb hais tias, “Ua li ntawd, kuv mam mus pab koj thov vajntxwv.” 19Yog li ntawd, Npasenpas thiaj mus cuag vajntxwv thiab coj Adauniyas cov lus mus hais rau Xalumoos. Vajntxwv sawv los hais lus zoo siab tos txais nws niam thiab nyo ntshis hawm nws niam. Xalumoos txawm mus zaum saum nws lub zwmtxwv thiab nws muab ib lub rooj los rau nws niam zaum ntawm nws sabxis. 20Npasenpas hais tias, “Kuv muaj mentsis lus tseemceeb xav hais rau koj, thov koj teb rau kuv.” Xalumoos teb hais tias, “Niam koj yuav hais dabtsi? Kuv yeej yuav mloog koj hais.” 21Npasenpas hais tias, “Koj cia li muab Anpisas rau koj tus tijlaug Adauniyas yuav ua pojniam.” 22Vajntxwv nug hais tias, “Vim li cas koj tuaj thov kom kuv muab Anpisas rau Adauniyas yuav? Koj cia li thov kom kuv muab hlo kuv lub meejmom vajntxwv rau nws huv tibsi! Rau qhov nws yog kuv tus tijlaug thiab tus povthawj Anpiyathas thiab Yau-am los twb tuaj nws tog lawm!” 23Ces Xalumoos thiaj tuav tus TSWV lub npe coglus hais tias, “Yog kuv tsis muab Adauniyas tua povtseg pauj qhov uas nws thov no, ces thov Vajtswv muab kuv tua povtseg! 24Tus TSWV yog tus tsa kuv muaj meejmom los zaum saum kuv txiv lub zwmtxwv; Vajtswv tau ua raws li nws tej lus cog tseg thiab muab lub tebchaws no rau kuv thiab kuv cov xeebntxwv kav. Kuv thov coglus rau tus TSWV uas muaj sia nyob hais tias Adauniyas yuav tsum tuag hnub no.” 25Yog li ntawd, Vajntxwv Xalumoos thiaj kom Npenayas mus muab Adauniyas tua tuag lawm.
Anpiyathas Raug Rho Tawm thiab Yau-am Raug Tua Tuag
26Vajntxwv Xalumoos hais rau tus povthawj Anpiyathas hais tias, “Koj cia li rov qab mus nyob hauv koj lub nroog Anathaus uas yog koj lub zos. Koj yeej tsimnyog tuag lawm, tiamsis kuv yuav tsis tua kom koj tuag tamsim no, vim thaum koj nrog kuv txiv Daviv nyob, koj tau ua tus saib lub Phijxab uas ntim Vajtswv tej lus cog tseg, thiab koj tau nrog kuv txiv tiv tej kev nyuaj siab ntxhov plawv los lawm.” 27Ces Xalumoos muab Anpiyathas rho tawm tsis pub ua povthawj ua tus TSWV tes haujlwm ntxiv lawm, thiab yeej muaj tseeb raws li tej lus uas tus TSWV tau hais txog Elis thiab nws cov xeebntxwv hauv lub nroog Silaus lawm. 28Thaum Yau-am hnov dheev hais tias muaj tej xwm no lawm. (Nws yog tus uas tuaj Adauniyas tog, tiamsis nws tsis tuaj Axaloos tog.) Nws txawm khiav mus rau tom tus TSWV lub Tsevntaub thiab mus tuav ob tug kub saum lub thaj. 29Muaj neeg mus qhia rau Vajntxwv Xalumoos hais tias, “Yau-am khiav mus rau tom tus TSWV lub Tsevntaub thiab mus sawv ntawm lub thaj lawm.” Xalumoos thiaj hais rau Yehauyadas tus tub Npenayas hais tias, “Koj cia li mus muab Yau-am tua povtseg.” 30Npenayas thiaj mus rau ntawm tus TSWV lub Tsevntaub thiab hais rau Yau-am hais tias, “Vajntxwv hais kom koj cia li tawm los.” Yau-am teb hais tias, “Kuv tsis los, kuv yuav tuag rau ntawm no xwb.” Npenayas thiaj rov los piav Yau-am tej lus rau vajntxwv mloog. 31Xalumoos hais tias, “Kav tsij mus ua li nws hais ntag, muab nws tua thiab muab faus kiag xwb, kom kuv lossis Daviv cov xeebntxwv thiaj tsis tau ris lub txim uas Yau-am tua cov neeg tsis muaj txim ntawd ntxiv lawm. 32Tus TSWV yuav rau txim rau Yau-am, vim tej kev tua neeg uas nws txhob txwm tua tsis pub kuv txiv Daviv paub. Yau-am tau muab Neles tus tub Aneles uas yog cov Yixalayees tus thawj tubrog thiab Yetheles tus tub Amaxas uas yog cov Yudas tus thawj tubrog uas ncaj ncees thiab tsim txiaj tshaj nws tua povtseg lawm. 33Lub txim tua neeg ntawd thiaj poob los rau Yau-am thiab nws cov xeebntxwv mus ibtxhis li. Tiamsis tus TSWV yuav tsa Daviv cov xeebntxwv los zaum saum Daviv lub zwmtxwv mus li.” 34Yog li ntawd, Npenayas thiaj mus rau tom tus TSWV lub Tsevntaub thiab muab Yau-am tua tuag lawm, thiab muab nws faus rau hauv nws lub tsev uas nyob tom ntug nroog. 35Vajntxwv thiaj tsa Npenayas uas yog cov Yudas tus thawj tubrog hloov Yau-am chaw thiab muab tus povthawj Xadaus hloov Anpiyathas chaw.
Sime-is Tuag
36Vajntxwv hais mus rau Sime-is hais tias, “Koj cia li ua ib lub tsev rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees no rau koj nyob. Koj nyob hauv tsev thiab tsis txhob tawm hauv lub nroog mus qhov twg li. 37Yog koj tseem tawm thiab hla tus Dej Kiloos mus rau sab tid, mas koj yeej yuav raug tua tuag xwb, thiab koj cov ntshav yuav rov los ywg koj taubhau.” 38Sime-is teb hais tias, “Ua li ntawd los mas vajntxwv, kuv yuav ua raws li koj hais ntag.” Yog li ntawd, nws thiaj nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees tau ntev heev. 39Tau peb xyoo tom qab no, Sime-is ob tug tubqhe khiav mus cuag Ma-akas tus tub Akhises uas ua vajntxwv kav lub nroog Nkas. Thaum Sime-is hnov hais tias nkawd nyob hauv lub nroog Nkas, 40nws txawm muab eeb nog rau nws tus neesluav thiab caij mus cuag Vajntxwv Akhises hauv lub nroog Nkas, mus nrhiav nws ob tug tubqhe. Nws nrhiav tau nkawd thiab coj nkawd rov los tsev. 41Thaum Xalumoos hnov txog tej uas Sime-is tau ua ntawd, 42nws thiaj hais mus rau Sime-is hais tias, “Kuv puas tau tuav tus TSWV lub npe coglus rau koj hais tias tsis pub koj tawm hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees no mus rau sab nraud li. Thiab kuv twb ceebtoom rau koj hais tias yog koj tawm hauv no mus, koj yuav raug tua tuag. Koj twb yeej los zoo siab li ntawd thiab koj hais tias, koj yuav mloog kuv lus no ne? 43Yog li cas koj yuav rhuav koj tej lus cog tseg thiab tsis mloog kuv tej lus samhwm li? 44Koj yeej paub txhua yam uas koj tau ua txhaum rau kuv txiv lawm. Tus TSWV yuav rau txim rau koj vim lub txim ntawd. 45Tiamsis nws yuav foom koom hmoov rau kuv thiab nws yuav ua kom Daviv lub tebchaws nyob ruaj khov mus ibtxhis li.” 46Ces vajntxwv thiaj kom Npenayas mus muab Sime-is tua povtseg lawm. Txij thaum ntawd los Xalumoos kev tswjhwm thiaj nyob thajyeeb lug li lawm.
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David’s Charge to Solomon
1When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2“I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, 3and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go 4and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 5“Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. 6Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace. 7“But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom. 8“And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ 9But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.” 10Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. 12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.
Solomon’s Throne Established
13Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?” He answered, “Yes, peacefully.” 14Then he added, “I have something to say to you.” “You may say it,” she replied. 15“As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord. 16Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.” “You may make it,” she said. 17So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” 18“Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.” 19When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand. 20“I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.” The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.” 21So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.” 22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother—yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!” 23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! 24And now, as surely as the Lord lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!” 25So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died. 26To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.” 27So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli. 28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!” 30So Benaiah entered the tent of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’ ” But he answered, “No, I will die here.” Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.” 31Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed. 32The Lord will repay him for the blood he shed, because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he. 33May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.” 34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country. 35The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest. 36Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. 37The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.” 38Shimei answered the king, “What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time. 39But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” 40At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. So Shimei went away and brought the slaves back from Gath. 41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned, 42the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, ‘On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die’? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’ 43Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?” 44The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wrong you did to my father David. Now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing. 45But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the Lord forever.” 46Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and he died. The kingdom was now established in Solomon’s hands.