A moment in scripture
1 Kings 2:45
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And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Kings 2:43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- 1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
- 1 Kings 2:46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.