³²The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than he: Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.^* ³³So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever, but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”^* ³⁴Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness. ³⁵The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king put the priest Zadok in the place of Abiathar.^*

³⁶Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.^* ³⁷For on the day you go out and cross the Wadi Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be on your own head.”^*

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Cross references

*Judg 9:24, 57; 2 Sam 3:27; 20:10; 2 Chr 21:13; Ps 7:16
*2 Sam 3:29; Prov 25:5
*v 27; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chr 29:22
*v 8
*Lev 20:9; 2 Sam 1:16; 15:23