1 Kings 2:37 - Printer Friendly

ESV: 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."

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

NASB: For on the day you leave and cross the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you will assuredly die; your blood will be on your own head.'

CSB: 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."

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

KJV: 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.

NKJV: For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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