Now athe days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 bI go the way of all the earth: cbe thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest d||prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 4 That the Lord may econtinue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, fIf thy children take heed to their way, to gwalk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, hthere shall not †fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah idid to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto kAbner the son of Ner, and unto lAmasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and †shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore maccording to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.