1 Kings 2

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 2:9 But now, do not treat him as innocent. You are a wise man; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood." 1
  • 2:19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king's mother, and she sat at his right hand. 1
  • 2:20 She said, "I have one small request to ask of you. Do not refuse me." The king answered her, "Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you." 1
  • 2:28 When the news reached Joab, since he had sided with Adonijah, though he had not sided with Absalom, Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and grasped the horns of the altar. 1
  • 2:38 Shimei answered the king, "What you say is fair. Your servant will do just as my lord the king has said." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 1

Open Word Bible

Where it is preached

  1. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    October cites 1 Kings ii. 38

    …ever.—Thos. Champness. October 23 As my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. 1 Kings ii. 38. There is something infinitely better than doing a great thing for God, and the…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 1 Kings 2: 20

    …must speak respectfully. ‘Ask on, my mother,’ said king Solomon to his mother Bathsheba. 1 Kings 2: 20. In speaking of parents, children must speak honourably. They ought to speak well of…

  3. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites 1 Kings 2.28

    …that he may die; even as Joab was by King Solomon, when he thought to find shelter there (1 Kings 2.28, etc.). These places did pinch me very sore; yet, my case being desperate, I thought with…

  4. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Exaltation cites I Kings 2:19

    …caused a seat to be set for the queen his mother, and placed her at his right hand. I Kings 2:19. So for Christ to sit at the right hand of God, is to be in the next place to God the…

  5. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites 1 Kings ii. 9

    …It is not like Shimei’s pardon,—a pardon that may some time be revoked and taken away. (1 Kings ii. 9.) Once justified, you are justified for ever. Once written down in the book of life, your…