Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
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Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
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And Shimei said unto the king: 'The saying is good; as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do.' And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 20:4 The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
- 2 Kings 20:19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’t it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The…
1Ki 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Ver. 38. The saying is good: … so will thy servant do.] The false heart praiseth the law and promiseth obedience, but faileth in performance; here it "starteth aside, like a deceitful bow." {Psa 78:57} {See Trapp on "Psa 78:57"}
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And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.] Till he had an occasion of doing otherwise. Augustine thanks God that the heart and temptation met not together.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The saying is good; thy sentence is much more…
The saying is good; thy sentence is much more merciful than I expected or deserved. So will thy servant do; and Shimei did not only promise it, but also swore to it; being required by Solomon to do so, as is manifest from 1Ki 2:42,43.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, at the end of…
And it came to pass, at the end of three years,.... He had dwelt at Jerusalem:
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish the son of Maachah king of Gath; and they told Shimei, saying, behold, thy servant be in Gath; he being a churlish, ill-natured man, always cursing or beating them, or imposing too hard service upon them, or not allowing them the necessaries of life; wherefore they broke away from him, and fled to Gath, and put themselves under the protection of the king of that place, who was now at peace with Israel, and a tributary to them: if this Achish was the same that was David's friend, who sheltered him when persecuted by, Saul, he must be an old man; for that was between forty or fifty years ago; and as he seems to be, since he is called the son of Maoch, Sa1 27:2; which may be thought to be the same with Maachah here.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Is good - Thy sentence is more merciful than…
Is good - Thy sentence is more merciful than I expected, or deserved.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:38. The saying is good — Thy sentence…
1Ki 2:38. The saying is good — Thy sentence is much more merciful than I expected or deserve. As my lord hath said, so will thy servant do — And it appears from 1Ki 2:42-43, that he not only promised this, but confirmed his promise by an oath, being required by Solomon so to do.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. many days] The LXX. has τρία ἔτη, three…
38. many days] The LXX. has τρία ἔτη, three years, a reading evidently drawn from the next verse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Shimei said to the king, The saying or…
And Shimei said to the king, The saying or thing, matter, rb; D; like logov% rJhma, in Greek (cf. Sache, in Germ., from sagen) means (1) word and (2) deed is good Shimei cannot complain of the condition, remembering what he had done (2Sa_15:5-7) and that Solomon was not bound by his father"s oath (2Sa_19:23) as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in obedience to this behest in Jerusalem many days.
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