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1 Reyes 2:6

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1 Reyes 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:6

Do therefore according to thy wisdom
Which though young began to appear in him, even in the life of his father; he therefore exhorts him to use the wisdom he had, and take the first and fittest opportunity to cut him off for his former murders and late treason, as a dangerous man to his government and the peace of it:

and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace;
that is, let him not die a natural, but a violent death; and let not his grey hairs be any argument for sparing him, or any reason for delaying the taking of him off, because he would in course die quickly; for he must be now an old man, as old as David, or perhaps older; since he had been his general forty years, even all the time of his reign; see ( 2 Samuel 2:13 ) .

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1 Reyes 2:6 In-Context

4 y el SEÑOR cumplirá esta promesa que me hizo: “Si tus descendientes cuidan su conducta y me son fieles con toda el alma y de todo corazón, nunca faltará un sucesor tuyo en el trono de Israel”.
5 »Ahora bien, tú mismo sabes que Joab hijo de Sarvia derramó sangre en tiempo de paz como si estuviera en guerra, y mató a Abner hijo de Ner y a Amasá hijo de Jéter, los dos comandantes de los ejércitos israelitas, manchándose así de sangre las manos.
6 Por tanto, usa la cabeza y no lo dejes llegar a viejo y morir en paz.
7 En cambio, sé bondadoso con los hijos de Barzilay de Galaad y permíteles comer en tu mesa, pues ellos me ampararon cuando huía de tu hermano Absalón.
8 »También encárgate de Simí hijo de Guerá, ese benjaminita de Bajurín que me lanzó terribles maldiciones cuando me dirigía a Majanayin. Es cierto que, cuando fue al Jordán a recibirme, le juré por el SEÑOR que no lo condenaría a muerte.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "no lo dejes llegar a viejo y morir en paz" . Lit. "no dejes que sus canas bajen en paz al Seol" .
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