1 Kings 2:6

Easy To Read Version

But you are the king now. So you should punish him in the way you think is the most wise. {But you must be sure that he is killed.} Don’t let him die peacefully of old age!

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 9:5

I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.

Genesis 9:6

“God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.

2 Samuel 3:39

And it was on the very same day that I was anointed [20] to be the king. These sons of Zeruiah have caused me a lot of trouble. I hope the Lord gives these men the punishment they deserve.”

1 Kings 2:7

“Be kind to the children of Barzillai of Gilead. Let them be your friends and eat at your table. They helped me when I ran away from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 2:9

Now, don’t leave him unpunished. You are a wise man. You will know what you must do to him. But don’t let him die peacefully of old age.”

1 Kings 3:12

So, I will give you the thing you asked. I will make you wise and intelligent. I will make your wisdom so great, that there has never in the past been anyone like you. And in the future, there will never be anyone like you.

2 Kings 22:20

‘I will bring you to be with your ancestors. [276] You will die and go to your grave in peace. So your eyes will not see all the trouble that I am bringing on this place (Jerusalem).’”

Psalm 37:37

Be pure and honest.\par Peace loving people\par will have many descendants.\par

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king will decide which people are evil. And that king will punish those people.

Proverbs 28:17

If a person is guilty of killing another person, then that person will never have peace. Don’t support that person.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come. And that makes other people want to do bad things too.

Isaiah 48:22

But the Lord also said,\par “There is no peace for evil people!”\par

Isaiah 57:2

But peace will come,\par and the people will rest in their\par own beds.\par They will live the way God wants them to.\par

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace for evil people.”\par

Isaiah 65:20

There will never be a child from that city,\par that is born and lives only a few days.\par No person from that city will die\par after only a short life.\par Every child will live a long life,\par and every older person will live\par for a long, long time.\par A person that lives 100 years\par will be called young.\par And people will think a person was cursed\par if he does not live to be 100 years old.\par

Numbers 35:33

“Don’t let your land be ruined with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, then the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.