2"I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, show yourself a man,


In Context

1 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son.

2 "I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, show yourself a man,

3 and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,

4 and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

1st Kings 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage, and shew thyself a man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: he thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2|I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2'I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;