1 Kings 2:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:4 : 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have.
  • 2 Kgs 20:19 : 19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth are in my days?

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  • 1 Kgs 2:39-45
    7 verses
    81%

    39And it happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.

    40So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his servants; and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

    41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come back.

    42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and warned you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

    43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

    45And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-37
    2 verses
    80%

    36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go anywhere else.

    37For it shall be that on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, you shall know certainly that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.

  • 2 Sam 19:18-23
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    76%

    18And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was crossing over Jordan;

    19And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

    20For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

    21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

    22And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

    23Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those that eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.

    8And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.

  • 2 Sam 16:12-13
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    74%

    12It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • 2 Sam 16:3-7
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    3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

    4Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, yours are all that belonged to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.

    5And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

    6And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

    7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:

  • 2 Sam 19:36-38
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    73%

    36Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

    37Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.

    38And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you; and whatever you shall request of me, that I will do for you.

  • 2 Sam 19:16
    72%

    16And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    71%

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    70%

    27And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in your eyes.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    70%

    30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  • 2 Sam 15:20-21
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    70%

    20Whereas you came just yesterday, should I this day make you wander with us? seeing I go where I may, return, and take back your brethren: mercy and truth be with you.

    21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

  • 2 Sam 9:2
    69%

    2And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. And when they called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    69%

    4That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:36
    69%

    36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen. May the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

  • 2 Sam 15:8
    69%

    8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall truly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    69%

    14And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.

  • 2 Sam 9:11
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    11Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

  • 1 Sam 28:2
    69%

    2And David said to Achish, Surely, you shall see what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore, I will make you keeper of my head forever.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
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    26But if he says thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

  • 1 Sam 29:8
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    8And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant since I have been with you until this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
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    31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.

  • 2 Sam 19:29
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    29And the king said to him, Why speak any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.

  • 2 Sam 19:25
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    25And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
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    24Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
    68%

    7If he says thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he is very angry, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    68%

    10David said furthermore, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish."