King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 2:45
“And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 2
43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45
And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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