Today's theme is Samson - may He be so clear when He calls me to do His will! And may He not catch me sleeping!
1 Kings 2:21, 3:1-20
[21] And the Lord visited Anna, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters: and the child Samuel became great before the Lord. [1 Kings (1 Samuel) 2:21-3] [Latin]
David, after giving his last charge to Solomon, dieth. Adonias is
put to death: Abiathar is banished: Joab and Semei are slain.
[1] And the days of
David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying: [2] I am going the way of all
flesh: take thou courage, and shew thyself a man. [3] And keep the charge of
the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and his
precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses:
that thou mayest understand all thou dost, and whithersoever thou shalt turn
thyself: [4] That the Lord
may confirm his words, which he hath spoken of me, saying: If thy children shall
take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me in truth, with all their
heart, and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from thee a man on
the throne of Israel. [5]
Thou knowest also what Joab the son of Sarvia hath done to me, what he
did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to
Amasa the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes
that were on his feet.
***[5] Joab: These instructions given by David to his
son, with relation to Joab and Semei, proceeded not from any rancour of heart,
or private pique; but from a zeal for justice, that crimes so public and heinous
might not pass unpunished.
[6] Do therefore
according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to hell in
peace. [7] But shew
kindness to the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table:
for they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom thy brother. [8] Thou hast also with thee
Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, who cursed me with a
grievous curse, when I went to the camp: but because he came down to meet me
when I passed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying: I will
not kill thee with a sword: [9] Do not thou hold him
guiltless. But thou art a wise man, and knowest what to do with him, and thou
shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to hell. [10] So David slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
[6] To hell: This word hell doth not here signify
the place or state of damnation; but the place and state of the dead.
[11] And the days that
David reigned in Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in
Jerusalem thirty-three. [12] And Solomon sat upon
the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly. [13] And Adonias the son of
Haggith came to Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said to him: Is thy
coming peaceable? he answered: Peaceable. [14] And he added: I have a
word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said: [15] Thou knowest that the
kingdom was nine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the
kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by
the Lord.
[16] Now therefore I
ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on. [17] And he said: I pray
thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag
the Sunamitess to wife. [18] And Bethsabee said:
Well, I will speak for thee to the king. [19] Then Bethsabee came to
king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and
bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's
mother, and she sat on his right hand. [20] And she said to him: I
desire one small petition of thee, do not put me to confusion. And the king said
to her: My mother, ask: for I must not turn away thy face.
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