1 Kings 2:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The brook Kidron; a brook nigh unto Jerusalem, of which see 2 Samuel 15:23 2 Kings 23:4; which he particularly names, because that was the way to Bahurim, his former and settled habitation: but this is not to be understood exclusively to other ways and places; for the restraint was general, that he should not go forth thence any whither, 1 Kings 2:36, to wit, as far any other way as Cedron was: which also appears from the following history; for when he went to Gath, he went not over Cedron, (which lay eastward from the city,) but westward, as Gath lay. Thy blood shall be upon thine own head; the blame and guilt of thy blood shall lie upon thyself only.

1 Kings 2:37

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.