³²So the Lord ^twill return his ⁷blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous ^uand better than he, and killed them with the sword—^vAbner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and ^wAmasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it. ³³Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and ^xupon the head of his descendants forever. ^yBut upon David and his descendants, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.”

³⁴So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. ³⁵The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put ^zZadok the priest in the place of ^aAbiathar.

Shimei Executed

³⁶Then the king sent and called for ^bShimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere. ³⁷For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross ^cthe Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; ^dyour ⁸blood shall be on your own head.”

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Footnotes

7Or bloodshed
8Or bloodshed

Cross references

t[Gen. 9:6]; Judg. 9:24, 57
u 2 Chr. 21:13, 14
v 2 Sam. 3:27
w 2 Sam. 20:9, 10
x 2 Sam. 3:29
y[Prov. 25:5]
z 1 Sam. 2:35; 1 Kin. 4:4; 1 Chr. 6:53; 24:3; 29:22
a 1 Kin. 2:27
b 2 Sam. 16:5–13; 1 Kin. 2:8
c 2 Sam. 15:23; 2 Kin. 23:6; John 18:1
d Lev. 20:9; Josh. 2:19; 2 Sam. 1:16; Ezek. 18:13