1 Kings 2:32–37

³²“^aThe Lord will return his blood on his own head, ^bbecause he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: ^cAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^dAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

³³“^aSo shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his ¹descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord forever.”

³⁴Then ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house ^bin the wilderness.

^35aThe king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed ^bZadok the priest ^cin the place of Abiathar.

Shimei Executed

³⁶Now the king sent and called for ^aShimei and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

³⁷“For on the day you go out and ^across over the ¹brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; ^byour blood shall be on your own head.”