1st Kings Chapter 2 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 2:1

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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BBE 1stKings 2:1

Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,
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DARBY 1stKings 2:1

And the days of David were at hand that he should die; and he enjoined Solomon his son saying,
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KJV 1stKings 2:1

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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WBT 1stKings 2:1

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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WEB 1stKings 2:1

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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YLT 1stKings 2:1

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - I go the way [lit., I am walking (same word as in ver. 3) in the way] of all the earth [i.e., of all the sons of earth, all mankind (cf. 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 66:4, etc.) The path to Sheol, the path which all his forefathers, and untold millions more, have trod, he is treading it now. The words sound like a reminiscence of Joshua 23, 24. Perhaps, too, the thought of Joshua suggested to his mind the next words]: but be thou strong, and be a man. [Similar, though not identical, words were four times addressed to Joshua (Joshua 1:6, 7, 9, 18), and David may well have thought that his son, in entering upon his difficult duties, was not at all unlike Joshua when he succeeded Moses in the leadership of Israel, and that he needed similar encouragement. It is not necessary to suppose, as Canon Rawlinson does ("Speaker's Com.," vol. 2 p. 489), that in the words, "show thyself a man," we have a reference to Solomon's youth; for words precisely similar were addressed to each other by the Philistines at Aphek (1 Samuel 4:9). The age of Solomon at his accession is very doubtful. David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender" (1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1); and Solomon says of himself, "I am a little child" נַעַר קָטֹן (1 Kings 3:7). Josephus, probably reflecting the tradition of his time, fixes his age at fourteen; Eupolemus at twelve. I incline to think that the words "young and tender" almost forbid the favourite opinion that he was about twenty.]

Ellicott's Commentary