For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
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For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
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For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
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For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die; thy blood shall be upon thine own head.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:37 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 1:16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
- 2 Samuel 15:23 All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- Joshua 2:19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
- Leviticus 20:9 “ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.
- 2 Kings 23:6 He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
- Ezekiel 18:13 has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
- John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
- 1 Kings 2:31 The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
- 1 Kings 2:33 So their blood will return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his offspring forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from Yahweh.”
- 1 Kings 15:13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 29:16 The priests went into the inner part of Yahweh’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in Yahweh’s temple into the court of Yahweh’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
- Jeremiah 31:40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:37 For it shall be, [that] on the…
1Ki 2:37 For it shall be, [that] on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
Ver. 37. And passest over the brook Kidron.] The black brook, the town ditch: this was between Jerusalem and Bahurim, Shimei’s inheritance. He might do much hurt among his Benjamites; and is therefore kept from them. We must also set bounds to our affections, and threaten them if extravagant.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The brook Kidron; a brook nigh unto Jerusalem, of…
The brook Kidron; a brook nigh unto Jerusalem, of which see 2Sa 15:23; 2Ki 23:4; which he particularly names, because that was the way to Bahurim, his former and settled habitation: but this is not to be understood exclusively to other ways and places; for the restraint was general, that he should
not go forth thence any whither, 1Ki 2:36, to wit, as far any other way as Cedron was: which also appears from the following history; for when he went to Gath, he went not over Cedron, (which lay eastward from the city,) but westward, as Gath lay.
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Thy blood shall be upon thine own head; the blame and guilt of thy blood shall lie upon thyself only.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Shimei said unto the king, the saying is…
And Shimei said unto the king, the saying is good,.... It was an act of goodness in the king, and what was good, grateful, and acceptable to him; for being sent for by him, and knowing how he had used his father, and hearing of several traitors being put to death, he expected this would have been his case; and wherefore, instead of being put to death, was only obliged to leave his habitation in the country, and come and live at Jerusalem, a pleasant and delightful city, and the metropolis of the nation, it was very agreeable to him:
as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do; and he not only promised, but swore to it, which Solomon obliged him to, Kg1 2:42;
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and Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days; he accordingly built or purchased a house in Jerusalem, and removed from Bahurim to it, where he lived for the space of three years, as follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Kidron - A brook nigh Jerusalem, which he particularly…
Kidron - A brook nigh Jerusalem, which he particularly names, because that was the way to Bahurim, his former habitation: but this is not all, for the restraint was general, that he should not go forth thence any whither. Thy blood - The blame and guilt of thy blood shall lie upon thyself only.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 37. Thy blood shall be upon thine own…
Verse 37. Thy blood shall be upon thine own head.] Thou knowest what to expect; if thou disobey my orders thou shalt certainly be slain, and then thou shalt be considered as a self-murderer; thou alone shalt be answerable for thy own death. Solomon knew that Shimei was a seditious man, and he chose to keep him under his own eye; for such a man at large, in favourable circumstances, might do much evil. His bitter revilings of David were a sufficient proof.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:37. In the day thou passest over the…
1Ki 2:37. In the day thou passest over the brook Kidron, &c. — Which Solomon mentions, because it was in the way to Bahurim, where Shimei’s former and settled habitation was, as appears by comparing 2Sa 15:23, with 1Ki 16:5. But Solomon’s meaning was, and so, no doubt, was understood by Shimei, that if he went out of Jerusalem any way, to a greater distance than Kidron was from thence, he should die for it; for when he went to Gath, after his servants, he went not over Kidron, but the direct contrary way, that city lying westward of Jerusalem, as Kidron did eastward. Thy blood shall be upon thine own head — The blame and guilt of thy blood shall lie upon thyself only. In other words, his death should be owing to himself only, as the condition of his holding his life was known to him and accepted by him, as appears from the next verse.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Cedron, which led towards Bahurim. He was equally forbidden…
Cedron, which led towards Bahurim. He was equally forbidden to go out by any other road; and was put to death for going to Geth. --- Head. Thou canst blame only thyself. Solomon might have put this man to death before: but he chose to pay so much deference to the oath of his father, as not to bring him to execution without a fresh offence.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 37. The brook Kidron — This way was probably…
37. The brook Kidron — This way was probably specified because any attempt of Shimei to escape would be quite likely to lead him first in the direction of his home, which lay beyond the Kidron.
Thy blood… upon thine own head — A common expression to denote the punishment of death. Compare marginal reference.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 37. passest over the brook Kidron] This brook, being…
37. passest over the brook Kidron] This brook, being between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, on that side of Jerusalem where Shimei would go if he wanted to return to Bahurim. Solomon takes the distance in this direction as a measure of bounds within which he must keep himself on every side. For in going afterwards to Gath he of course did not cross the brook Kidron.
thou shalt know] The Hebrew often uses a future for an imperative. Here it is better to render ‘Know for certain’ &c. It is so rendered in 1Ki_2:42.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For it shall be, on the day thou goest…
For it shall be, on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook lit., watercourse, wady. The Kidron is quite dry, except during and for a short time after the winter rains Kidron The Kidron is mentioned specially because that was the direction which, it might be presumed, Shimei would take, his old home being at Bahurim, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die The Hebrew is, if possible, still more striking and emphatic, "To know thou shalt know that to die thou shalt die." Shimei could not say that he had not been plainly warned: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. Cf. Lev_20:9, and especially Jos_2:19; also ver. 31 of this chapter.
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