King James Version
1 Kings 2:1 in the King James Version says “Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,”
1 Kings 2:1 · KJV
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: prosper: or, do wisely
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“Now the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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