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Today's audio is from the ESV. Switch to the ESV to read along with the audio. 2 When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son: 2 “I am about to die. Be strong and become a man! 3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish, 4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised, ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. 6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. 7 “Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom. 8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’ 9 But now don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death.” 10 Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David. 11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. 12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified. 13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” 14 He added, “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.” 15 He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” She said, “Go ahead and ask.” 17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” 18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.” 19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand. 20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don’t refuse me.” He said, “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.” 21 She said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.” 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!” 23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!” 25 King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. 26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” 27 Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. 28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 29 When King Solomon heard that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down.” 30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. 33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.” 34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness. 35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. 36 Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there—but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” 38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.” 40 So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath. 41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned, 42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “You will recall that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” 44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The Lord will punish you for what you did. 45 But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.” 46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 3 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. 5 Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property. 2 He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land? 4 Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!” 5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it. 6 So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened. 8 Peter said to her, “Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?” Sapphira said, “Yes, that much.” 9 Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!” 10 At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things. 12 Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor. 14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women. 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them. 16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed. 17 Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said, 20 “Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.” 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin—that is, the whole high council of the Israelites—and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them. 22 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, 23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be. 25 But someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!” 26 Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people). 27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them, 28 saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!” 29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people. 30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” 33 Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them. 34 But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time. 35 Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men. 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. 37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered. 38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing, 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them, 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. 42 And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ. 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore. 3 Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong. 4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright! 5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace! 25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death. 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1 राजा 2Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) राजा दाऊदको मृत्यु 2 दाऊदको मर्ने समय आइसकेको थियो। यसकारण दाऊदले सुलेमानसँग कुरा कानी गरे अनि उनलाई भने, 2 “सबै मानिस जस्तैं म मर्न आँटेको छु। तर तँ शक्तिशाली हुँदै जादैछस् अनि महान् व्यक्ति बनिंदैछस। 3 अब परमप्रभु तिम्रो परमेश्वरको सबै आदेशहरू सावधानीका साथ पालन गर। उहाँका सबै नियम, आदेश, निर्णय, सल्लाह र करार सावधानीका साथ पालन गर। मोशाको व्यवस्थामा लेखिएका प्रत्येक कुराको पालन गर। यदि तैंले यसो गरिस् भने तब आफूले गरेको प्रत्येक काममा अनि गएको प्रत्येक ठाउँमा सफल हुनेछस्। 4 यदि तैंले परमेश्वरको आज्ञा पालन गरिस्, भने परमेश्वरले मलाई दिनुभएको वचन पूरा गर्नुहुनेछ परमेश्वरले भन्नु भएकोछ, ‘यदि तेरा छोराहरूले मेरो आदेश अनुसार हार्दिक श्रद्धाका नियमहरू पालन गरे भने तब तेरो परिवारबाट एक जना मानिस सदा नै इस्राएलको राजा हुनेछ।’” 5 दाऊदले यो पनि भने, “तँलाई थाहै छ, सरूयाहको छोरा योआबले मसित के गरेका थिए? उसले इस्राएलीहरूको सेनाका दुइजना सेनापतिहरू, नेराको छोरा अबनेर अनि येतेरको छोरा अमासालाई मारेको थिए। याद गर, उनले तिनीहरूलाई शान्तिको समयमा मारेका थिए। यी मानिसहरूको रगतले उसको तरवारको बेंड पटुका र खुट्टाको जुत्ता रंगिएको थियो। मैले उसलाई दण्ड दिनु पर्थो। 6 तर अब राजा तँ छस्। यसकारण तैंले उसलाई आफूले सोचेर बुद्धिमत्तापूर्ण दण्ड दिनुपर्छ। तर तैंले उसलाई मार्छु नै भनेर निश्चय गर्नुपर्छ। उसलाई बूढेसकालमा शान्तिका साथ मर्ने मौका नदिनु। 7 “गिलादको बर्जिल्लैका सन्ततिप्रति दयालु हुनु। तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नो मित्र सम्झिनु अनि आफ्नो मेजमा भोजन गराउनु। तेरो दाजु अब्शालोमबाट भागी हिँड्दा तिनीहरूले मलाई सहायता गरेका थिए। 8 “अनि याद गर, गेरका छोरा शिमी अझै यहीं छन्। उनी बहूरीमको बिन्यामीन कुल समूह हुन्। याद गर, म महनेमतिर भागेको दिन उनले मेरो विरूद्धमा नराम्रो कुरा भनेका थिए। तब उनी मसित भेट गर्न यर्दन नदीमा आएका थिए। तब मैले उनलाई वचन दिएको थिएँ। मैले परमेश्वर सामु प्रतिज्ञा गरेको थिएँ म शिमीलाई मार्दिन। 9 अब उनलाई दण्ड नदिई न छोड। तिमी बुद्धिमान मानिस हौ, उनीसित के गर्नुपर्छ तिमी राम्ररी जान्दछौ। तर उनलाई बूढेसकालमा शान्तिका साथ मर्न नदेऊ।” 10 तब दाऊदको चोला उठ्यो। उनलाई दाऊदशहरमा गाडीयो। 11 दाऊदले इस्राएलमा 40 बर्ष शासन चलाए। उनले हेब्रोनमा सात बर्ष अनि यरूशलेममा 33 बर्ष शासन गरे। सुलेमानद्वारा राज्यको शासन-नियन्त्रण 12 अब सुलेमान राजा भए। आफ्ना पिता दाऊदको सिंहासनमा उनी विराजमान भए अनि आफ्नो राज्यको शासन पूर्ण नियन्त्रणका साथ गर्न थाले। 13 तब हग्गीतको छोरा अदोनियाह सुलेमानकी आमा बतशेबा समक्ष गए। बतशेबाले उनलाई सोधिन्, “के तिमी शान्त मन लिएर आएका हौ?” अदोनियाहले जवाफ दिए, “ज्यू, यो शान्तिपूर्ण भेट नै हो। 14 मैले तपाईंलाई केही भन्नु छ।” बतशेबाले, “भन भनिन्।” 15 अदोनियाहले भने, “तपाईंलाई सम्झना छ कुनै समय राज्य मेरो थियो। इस्राएलका सबै जनगण मलाई राजा ठान्दै थिए। तर स्थिति बदलियो। अहिले मेरो भाइ राजा भएको छ परमेश्वरले उसलाई राजाको रूपमा चुन्नुभयो। 16 यसर्थ अहिले म तपाईंसँग एक कुरा सोध्न चाहन्छु। कृपया मलाई हुँदैन नभन्नु होला।” बतशेबाले भनिन्, “तिमी के चाहन्छौ?” 17 अदोनियाहले भने, “मलाई थाहा छ तपाईंले भनेको कुनै पनि कुरा राजा सुलेमान मान्नु हुन्छ। कृपया शूनम्मी युवती अबीशगसँग विवाह गर्ने अनुमति मलाई उनीबाट दिलाई दिनुहोस्।” 18 तब बतशेबाले भनिन्, “ठीक छ, म तिम्रो लागि राजासँग कुरा गर्नेछु।” 19 यसकारण बतशेबा राजा सुलेमानसँग कुराकानी गर्न गइन्। राजा सुलेमानले उनलाई देखे अनि उनीसँग कुरा गर्न उभिए। तब उनले निहुरिएर ढोग भेट गरे अनि सिंहासनमा बसे। उनले चाकरहरूलाई आमाका लागि अर्को सिंहासन ल्याउन भने। तब तिनी उनको दाहिने पट्टि बसिन्। 20 बतशेवाले उनलाई भनिन्, “म तँलाई एउटा सानो कुराका भन्छु। कृपया मलाई हुदैन नभन्नु।” राजाले भने, “आमा, तपाईंले चाहेको कुनै पनि कुरा माग्न सक्नु हुनेछ। म तपाईंलाई नाइनास्ति गर्ने छैन।” 21 यसर्थ बतशेबाले भनिन्, “शूनम्मी अबीशगसँग विवाह गर्ने अनुमति तेरो दाजु अदोनियाहलाई दे।” 22 राजा सुलेमानले आफ्नी आमालाई जवाफ दिए, “तपाईं किन मसित अबीशगलाई दिन माग्नु हुँदैछ? यो मलाई उसलाई राज्य देऊ भनी माग्नु जस्तैं नै हो। जे भए ता पनि उनी मेरो ठूला दाज्यू हुन्। पूजाहारी एबीयातार र सरूथाहका छोरो योआबले उनलाई सघाउने छन्!” 23 तब राजा सुलेमानले परमप्रभुको नाउँमा शपथ गरे। उसले भने, “यदि मैले यसका लागि अदोनियाहलाई दण्ड दिइन भने परमेश्वरसित मलाई नराम्रो गर्नुहोस् भनी प्रार्थना गर्नेछु अनि उसले आफ्नो जीवनद्वारा मूल्य चुकाउनु पर्नेछ। 24 परमप्रभुले मलाई इस्राएलको राजा बनाउनुभयो। उहाँले मलाई मेरा पिता दाऊदको राज-सिंहासन दिनुभएकोछ परमेश्वरले आफ्नो वचन पूरा गर्नुभयो अनि राज्य म र मेरो परिवारलाई दिनुभयो। जसरी साँच्चैनै परमप्रभु जीवित हुनुहुन्छ भने अदोनिया आजनै मर्नेछ।” 25 राजा सुलेमानले यहोदाका छोरा बनायाहलाई आदेश दिए। बनायाह बाहिर निस्किए अनि अदोनियाहलाई मारे। 26 तब राजा सुलेमानले पूजाहारी एबीयातारलाई भने, “मैले तँलाई मार्नु पर्थ्यो, तर म तँलाई आफ्नो घर अनातोत फर्किने मौका दिन्छु। म तँलाई अहिले मार्ने छैन् किनभने तैंले परमप्रभु हाम्रा मालिकको पवित्र सन्दूक मेरो पिताको राजा दाऊदको निम्ति बोकेको थिइस् अनि मेरो पिताको सबै कष्ट विभाजन गरेको थिइस्।” 27 सुलेमानले एबीयातारलाई परमेश्वरको पूजाहारीको रूपमा सेवा गर्न नपाउने कुरा बताए। यो यसरी नै भयो जसरी परमेश्वरले बताउनु भएको थियो। परमेश्वरले पूजाहारी एली अनि उनको परिवारको विषयमा शीलोमा बताउनु भएको थियो। एबीयातार एली परिवारका थिए। 28 योआबले यस विषयमा सुने अनि डराए। उनले अदोनियाहको समर्थन गरेका थिए, तर अब्शालोमले गरेनन्। योआब परमेश्वरको पालतिर दगुरे अनि वेदीको सींग समात्न पुगे। 29 कसैले राजा सुलेमानलाई बताए योआब परमेश्वरको पालको वेदीमा छ। यस कारण सुलेमानले यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाहलाई गएर उसलाई मार्ने आदेश दिए। 30 बनायाह परमेश्वरको पालमा गए अनि योआबलाई भने, “राजाको आदेश छ, ‘बाहिर आइज!’” तर योआबले जवाफ दिए, “होइन, म यहीं नै मर्छु।” यसकारण बनायाह फर्केर राजा कहाँ आए अनि उनलाई योआबले भनेको कुरा बताए। 31 तब राजाले बनायाहलाई आदेश दिए, “ऊ जसो भन्छ त्यसै गर! उसलाई त्यहीं मार अनि गाडिदे। तब मेरो परिवार अनि म योआबको दोषबाट मुक्त हुनेछौं। योआबले निर्दोष मानिसहरूको हत्या गरेको हुनाले यो दोष सृष्टि भएको थियो। 32 योआबले ऊ भन्दा धेरै निर्दोष मानिसहरूको हत्या गर्यो। तिनीहरू नेरका छोरा अबनेर अनि येतेरका छोरा अमासा थिए। अबनेर इस्राएलको सेनाका सेनापति थिए अनि अमासा यहूदाको सेनाका सेनापति थिए। मेरो पिता दाऊद यहाँ थिएनन् तिनीहरू योआबद्वारा मारिएको हो भनि यसकारण परमप्रभुले योआबलाई उसले मारेका मानिसहरूको दण्ड दिनुहुनेछ। 33 तिनीहरूको मृत्युका लागि ऊ अपराधी हुनेछ अनि उसको परिवार पनि सदाका लागि दोषी हुनेछ। तर परमेश्वरले दाऊद, उनका सन्तानहरू, उनको राज परिवार र उनको राज्यलाई सदा नै शान्ति दिनु हुनेछ।” 34 यसै कारण यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाहले योआबलाई मारे। योआबलाई मरुभूमिमा उनको घरको नजिकै नै गाडीयो। 35 तब सुलेमानले यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाहलाई योआबको ठाउँमा सेनाको सेनापति बनाए। सुलेमानले एबीयातारको ठाउँमा सादोकलाई नयाँ पूजाहारीको पदमा नियुक्त पनि गरे। 36 त्यसपछि राजाले शिमीलाई बोलाए। राजाले उनलाई भने, “यहाँ यरूशलेममा आफ्नोलागि एउटा घर बनाऊ। त्यस घरमा बस अनि शहर नछोड। 37 यदि तिमी शहर छोडछौ अनि किद्रोनको खोल्सा पारी जान्छौ भने तिमीलाई मारिने छ अनि यो नै तिम्रो आफ्नो दोष हुनेछ।” 38 यसकारण शिमीले जवाफ दिए, “महाराज, ठीकै छ। म तपाईंको आदेश पालन गर्नेछु।” यस कारण शिमी लामो अवधिसम्म यरूशलेममा बसे। 39 तर तीन बर्षपछि शिमीका दुइ जना दासहरू भागे। तिनीहरू गातका राजा, माकाका छोरा आकीश कहाँ गए। शिमीले सुने, उनका दासहरू गातमा छन्। 40 यसर्थ शिमीले आफ्नो जिन खच्चडमाथि राखे अनि गातमा राजा आकी शसमक्ष आफ्ना दासहरू लिन गएका थिए। उनले तिनीहरूलाई त्यहाँ भेटे अनि घर फर्काए। 41 तर कसैले सुलेमानलाई सुनायो, शिमी यरूशलेमबाट गात गए अनि फर्केर आए। 42 यस कारण सुलेमानले उनलाई बोलाए। सुलेमानले भने, “मैले परमेश्वरको नाउँमा तँ सित शपथ गराएको यदि तैंले यरूशलेम छाडिस भने तँ मर्ने छस्। मैले चेताउनी दिएको थिएँ, यदि तँ कत्तै गइस् भने तँ मारिने छस् अनि त्यो तेरो आफ्नै दोष हुनेछ जे भनेको थिंए त्यसमा तँ समहत भइस् तैंले भनिस् तैंले मेरो आज्ञा पालन गर्नेछु। 43 परमप्रभुको नाउँमा तैंले गरेको प्रतिज्ञा किन उलंघन गरिस्? किन तैंले मेरो आज्ञा पालन गरिनस्? 44 तँलाई थाहा छ तैंले मेरा पिताको विरूद्धमा धेरै भूल कामहरू गरेको थिइस्। अब ती भूल कामका लागि परमेश्वरले तँलाई दण्ड दिनु हुनेछ। 45 तर परमेश्वरले मलाई आशीर्वाद दिनु हुनेछ। उहाँले दाऊदको राज्यलाई सधैँ नै सुरक्षित राख्ननु हुनेछ।” 46 तब राजा सुलेमानले यहोयादको छोरा बनायाहलाई शिमीको हत्या गर्ने हुकूम दिए अनि उनले त्यसै पालन गरे। अब राज्यमा सुलेमानको पूर्ण नियन्त्रण थियो।