1 Kings 2:36-46

Solomon's Reign Established

36 Then the king sent and summoned n Shimei and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever. 37 For on the day you go out and cross o the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. p Your blood shall be on your own head." 38 And Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

39 But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's servants ran away to q Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, "Behold, your servants are in Gath," 40 Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned, 42 the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, 'Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die'? And you said to me, 'What you say is good; I will obey.' 43 Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?" 44 The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your own heart r all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will s bring back your harm on your own head. 45 But King Solomon shall be blessed, t and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever."

46 Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. u So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:8
    And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:23
    And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:16
    And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:2
    So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
  5. Cross References
    2 Samuel 16:5 - 14
    When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:39
    When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 25:5
    Take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:12
    So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
    2 Chronicles 1:1
    Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
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