1 Kings 2:36–46

³⁶And the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith to him, ‘Build for thee a house in Jerusalem, and thou hast dwelt there, and dost not go out thence any where; ³⁷and it hath been, in the day of thy going out, and thou hast passed over the brook Kidron, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die—thy blood is on thy head.’ ³⁸And Shimei saith to the king, ‘The word is good; as my lord the king hath spoken so doth thy servant do;’ and Shimei dwelleth in Jerusalem many days. ³⁹And it cometh to pass, at the end of three years, that flee do two of the servants of Shimei unto Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, ‘Lo, thy servants are in Gath;’ ⁴⁰and Shimei riseth, and saddleth his ass, and goeth to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goeth and bringeth his servants from Gath. ⁴¹And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei hath gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and doth return, ⁴²and the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith unto him, ‘Have I not caused thee to swear by Jehovah—and I testify against thee, saying, In the day of thy going out, and thou hast gone anywhere, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die; and thou sayest unto me, The word I have heard is good? ⁴³and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?’ ⁴⁴And the king saith unto Shimei, ‘Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didst to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head, ⁴⁵and king Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David is established before Jehovah unto the age.’ ⁴⁶And the king chargeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goeth out and falleth on him, and he dieth, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.

Chapter 3