1 Kings 2:4-6

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ⁷  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ⁸  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ⁹  2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, ¹⁰  but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. ¹¹ 

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[2:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”

[2:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”