1 Kings 2:37

37 The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”

1 Kings 2:37 in Other Translations

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

ESV

37 For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head."

NLT

37 On the day you so much as cross the Kidron Valley, you will surely die; and your blood will be on your own head.”

MSG

37 If you so much as cross the Brook Kidron, you're as good as dead - you will have decreed your own death sentence."

CSB

37 On the day you do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die. Your blood will be on your own head."

1 Kings 2:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:37

For it shall be, [that] on the day thou goest out
Out of the city of Jerusalem: and passest over the brook Kidron: which is particularly mentioned, because this lay in his way to Bahurim, his native place; he must cross that to go to it, see ( 2 Samuel 15:23 ) ( 16:5 ) ; and where it might reasonably be supposed he would some time or another be inclined to go, through business, or a desire to see it again:

thou shalt know for certain that thou shall surely die:
it may be depended on as what will be most certainly the case; no reprieve nor pardon will be granted:

thy blood shall be on thine own head;
fair warning being given, he could blame none but himself, should he be guilty and suffer.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 2:37 In-Context

35 The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.

36 Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.

37 The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”

38 Shimei answered the king, “What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time.

39 But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.”

Cross References 2

1. S 2 Samuel 15:23; John 18:1
2. S Leviticus 20:9; Joshua 2:19; 2 Samuel 1:16

1 Kings 2:37

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1 Kings 2:37 in Other Translations

1 Kings 2:37 Meaning and Commentary

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