# 1 Kings 2

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 36 | 78.26%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 9 | 19.57%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 1 | 2.17%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 409 | 95.01%
NIV2011 changed words | 22 | 4.99%
NIV2011 removed words | 21 |
NIV2011 added words | 22 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
2:2 | tNIV | “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man, | “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself act like a man, | “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself act like a man,
2:3 | tNIV | 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, | and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements regulations, as written in the Law of Moses, . Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go, | and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements regulations, as written in the Law of Moses, . Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,
2:4 | tNIV | 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.’ | 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 successor on the throne of Israel.’ | 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 successor on the throne of Israel.’
2:5 | tNIV | “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. | “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. | “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
2:10 | tNIV | Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. | Then David rested with his fathers ancestors and was buried in the City of David. | Then David rested with his fathers ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
2:31 | NIV2011 | Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my father’s house of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed. | Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my father’s house family line of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed. | Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my father’s house whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed.
2:32 | tNIV | The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, because without the knowledge of my father David he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he. | The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, because without the knowledge of my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he. | The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, because without the knowledge of my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he.
2:34 | tNIV | So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on his own land in the desert. | So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on at his own land home out in the desert country. | So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on at his own land home out in the desert country.
2:39 | tNIV | But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” | But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maacah Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” | But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maacah Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.”
2:46 | tNIV | Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and killed him. The kingdom was now firmly established in Solomon’s hands. | Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and killed him he died. The kingdom was now firmly established in Solomon’s hands. | Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and killed him he died. The kingdom was now firmly established in Solomon’s hands.