1 Kings 2:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

1 Kings 2:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
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.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Topics

David Death Gehenna Generals, Distinguished Hades Hell Israel Promotion

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

David, that great and good man, is here a dying man (1 Kgs. 2:1), and a dead man, 1 Kgs. 2:10. It is well there is another life after this, for death stains all the glory of this, and lays it in the dust. We have here, I. The charge and instructions which David, when he was dying, gave to Solomon, his son and declared successor. He feels himself declining, and is not backward to own it, nor afraid…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 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…