1 Kings 2:1

New American Bible - revised edition

When the time of David’s death drew near, he gave these instructions to Solomon his son:

Cross References

Genesis 47:29

When the time approached for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him: “If it pleases you, put your hand under my thigh as a sign of your enduring fidelity to me; do not bury me in Egypt.

2 Samuel 7:12

when your days have been completed and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 1:53

King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar, and he came and paid homage to King Solomon. Solomon then said to him, “Go to your house.”

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then he summoned his son Solomon and commanded him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

Numbers 27:19

Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission him in their sight.

Deuteronomy 3:28

Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for it is he who will cross at the head of this people and he who will give them possession of the land you are to see.

Deuteronomy 31:14

The Lord said to Moses, The time is now approaching for you to die. Summon Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting that I may commission him. So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:23

Then he commissioned Joshua, son of Nun, and said to him, Be strong and steadfast, for it is you who will bring the Israelites into the land which I promised them on oath. I myself will be with you. The Law Placed in the Ark.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before he died.

1 Timothy 1:18

I entrust this charge to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophetic words once spoken about you. Through them may you fight a good fight

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge [you] before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession,

2 Timothy 4:1

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power:

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.