3 Kings 2:8
Thou hast also with thee Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went to the camp: but because he came down to meet me when I passed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying: I will not kill thee with a sword:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Habes quoque apud te Semei filium Gera filii Jemini de Bahurim, qui maledixit mihi maledictione pessima quando ibam ad castra : sed quia descendit mihi in occursum cum transirem Jordanem, et juravi ei per Dominum, dicens : Non te interficiam gladio :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ σοῦ Σεμεεὶ υἱὸς Γηρὰ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἰεμεινεὶ ἐκ Βααθουρείμ· καὶ αὐτὸς κατηράσατό με κατάραν ὀδυνηρὰν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐπορευόμην εἰς παρεμβολάς, καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβη εἰς ἀπαντήν μου εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ ὤμοσα αὐτῷ ἐν Κυρίῳ λέγων Εἰ θανατώσω σε ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהִנֵּ֣ה עִ֠מְּךָ שִֽׁמְעִ֨י בֶן גֵּרָ֥א בֶן הַיְמִינִי֮ מִבַּחֻרִים֒ וְה֤וּא קִֽלְלַ֨נִי֙ קְלָלָ֣ה נִמְרֶ֔צֶת בְּי֖וֹם לֶכְתִּ֣י מַחֲנָ֑יִם וְהֽוּא יָרַ֤ד לִקְרָאתִי֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע ל֤וֹ בַֽיהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִם אֲמִֽיתְךָ֖ בֶּחָֽרֶב
Haydock's commentary
Curse. Saying, Go out, &c., 2 Kings xvi. 5.
Camp. Hebrew Machanayim. (Haydock)
Sword. He would revenge his private wrongs, but reserved the punishment of a notorious offender, till a time when passion would have no influence. Solomon was not bound by the personal oath of his father.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.