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Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his

לְאִמּ֗וֹ (לְ) le. “to”וְלָמָה֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ (לַ) la. “for”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for”וְלוֹ֙ (ל) L “for”וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר (לְ) le. “for”וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב (לְ) le. “for”

Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “to”

Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his trou

וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨ר (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”

So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

לַֽיהוָ֑ה (לַֽ) la. “of”לְמַלֵּא֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”

So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.

לְעֹלָ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”וּלְדָוִ֡ד (לְ) le. “to”וּ֠לְזַרְעוֹ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְבֵית֨וֹ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכִסְא֜וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

לְשִׁמְעִ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for”

And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.

לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (לַ) la. “to the”

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

לְשִׁמְעִ֔י (לְ) le. “of”לְשִׁמְעִי֙ (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (לְ) le. “to”

And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (לִ) li “to”

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

לְשִׁמְעִ֗י (לְ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

לְדָוִ֣ד (לְ) le. “to”

But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

לִבְנ֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

לְשֵׁ֣ם (לְ) le. “for”

And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.

לָלֶ֕כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.

לִזְבֹּ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”

In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to”

And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

לְפָנֶ֜יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to”

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

לְעַבְדְּךָ֜ (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט (לִ) li “to”לְהָבִ֖ין (לְ) le. “to”לְרָ֑ע (לְ) le. “and”לִשְׁפֹּ֔ט (לִ) li “to”

And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

לְּךָ֜ (לְּ) le. “for”לְּךָ֙ (לְּ) le. “for”לְּךָ֛ (לְּ) le. “for”לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ (לִ) li “to”