NET Bible
"“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!"
— 1 Kings 2:2, NET Bible
“I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;”
“I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; ”
“"I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;”
“I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage and shew thyself a man.”
“I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;”
“I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;”
David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:
“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!
Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.