1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings 2:6 in other translations
| BSB | So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. |
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| WEB | Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. |
| ASV | Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace. |
| YLT | and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace. |
| BBE | So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace. |
| Webster | Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace. |
What does 1 Kings 2:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 2:5-6
5-6. thou knowest also what Joab ... did--The insolent and imperious conduct of that general had not only been deeply offensive to the feelings (2Sa 18:5-15; 19:5-7), but calculated to bring reproach on the character, to injure the prospects, and endanger the throne of David. Passing over the injuries committed directly against himself, David dwelt with strong feelings on the base assassination of Abner and Amasa…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 2:5-11
These dying counsels concerning Joab and Shimei, did not come from personal anger, but for the security of Solomon's throne, which was the murders he had committed, but would readily repeat them to carry any purpose; though long reprieved, he shall be reckoned with at last. Time does not wear out the guilt of any sin, particularly of murder. Concerning Shimei, Hold him not guiltless; do not think him any true friend…
1 Kings 2:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 2:6
- 1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
- Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- Proverbs 28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
- Psalms 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
- Isaiah 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
- 2 Kings 22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- 1 Kings 2:28-34
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. …
- Isaiah 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
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Context
- 1 Kings 2:5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- 1 Kings 2:7
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings 2:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tú pues harás conforme á tu sabiduría; no dejarás descender sus canas á la huesa en paz. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et fais selon ta sagesse, et ne laisse pas ses cheveux blancs descendre dans le shéol en paix. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So handle nun nach deiner Weisheit, und laß sein graues Haar nicht in Frieden in den Scheol hinabfahren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Facies ergo juxta sapientiam tuam, et non deduces canitiem ejus pacifice ad inferos. |