1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim,22 who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim.23 He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised24 him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down25 with the sword.’

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22	tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei.…”
23	tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”
24	tn Or “swore an oath to.”
25	tn Heb “kill you.”