When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
1 Kings 2:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When David’s time to die drew near, he charged his son Solomon, saying: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition WHEN DAVID'S time to die was near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, American Standard Version (1901) Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, Common English Bible David’s time was coming to an end. So he commanded Solomon his son, Catholic Public Domain Version Now the days of David had drawn near, so that he would die, and he instructed his son Solomon, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying: |
When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Then King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar. He came to do obeisance to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go home.”
Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and commission him in their sight.
But charge Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, because it is he who shall cross over at the head of this people and who shall secure their possession of the land that you will see.’
The Lord said to Moses, “Your time to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting,
Then the Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and bold, for you shall bring the Israelites into the land that I promised them; I will be with you.”
This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.
This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,
In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you:
As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.