1 Kings 2:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

2 And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:

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

³ And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayest understand all thou dost, and whithersoever thou shalt turn thyself: