Verse 8
And, behold, there is with thee Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera,{H1617} the Benjamite,{H1145} of Bahurim,{H980} who cursed{H7043} me with a grievous{H4834} curse{H7045} in the day{H3117} when I went{H3212} to Mahanaim;{H4266} but he came down{H3381} to meet{H7125} me at the Jordan,{H3383} and I sware{H7650} to him by Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} I will not put thee to death{H4191} with the sword.{H2719}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 16:5-8 : 5 And when king{H4428} David{H1732} came{H935} to Bahurim,{H980} behold, there came out{H3318} thence a man{H376} of the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} whose name{H8034} was Shimei,{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera;{H1617} he came out,{H3318} and cursed{H7043} still as he came.{H3318} 6 And he cast{H5619} stones{H68} at David,{H1732} and at all the servants{H5650} of king{H4428} David:{H1732} and all the people{H5971} and all the mighty men{H1368} were on his right hand{H3225} and on his left.{H8040} 7 And thus said{H559} Shimei{H8096} when he cursed,{H7043} Begone,{H3318} begone,{H3318} thou man{H376} of blood,{H1818} and base{H1100} fellow:{H376} 8 Jehovah{H3068} hath returned{H7725} upon thee all the blood{H1818} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} in whose stead thou hast reigned;{H4427} and Jehovah{H3068} hath delivered{H5414} the kingdom{H4410} into the hand{H3027} of Absalom{H53} thy son;{H1121} and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief,{H7451} because thou art a man{H376} of blood.{H1818}
- 2 Sam 19:16-23 : 16 And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera,{H1617} the Benjamite,{H1145} who was of Bahurim,{H980} hasted{H4116} and came down{H3381} with the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} to meet{H7125} king{H4428} David.{H1732} 17 And there were a thousand{H505} men{H376} of Benjamin{H1145} with him, and Ziba{H6717} the servant{H5288} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} and his fifteen{H2568} sons{H1121} and his twenty{H6242} servants{H5650} with him; and they went through{H6743} the Jordan{H3383} in the presence{H6440} of the king.{H4428} 18 And there went over{H5674} a ferry-boat{H5679} to bring over{H5674} the king's{H4428} household,{H1004} and to do{H6213} what he thought{H5869} good.{H2896} And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617} fell down{H5307} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} when he was come over{H5674} the Jordan.{H3383} 19 And he said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Let not my lord{H113} impute{H2803} iniquity{H5771} unto me, neither do thou remember{H2142} that which thy servant{H5650} did perversely{H5753} the day{H3117} that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} went out{H3318} of Jerusalem,{H3389} that the king{H4428} should take{H7760} it to his heart.{H3820} 20 For thy servant{H5650} doth know{H3045} that I have sinned:{H2398} therefore, behold, I am come{H935} this day{H3117} the first{H7223} of all the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130} to go down{H3381} to meet{H7125} my lord{H113} the king.{H4428} 21 But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191} for this, because he cursed{H7043} Jehovah's{H3068} anointed?{H4899} 22 And David{H1732} said,{H559} What have I to do with you, ye sons{H1121} of Zeruiah,{H6870} that ye should this day{H3117} be adversaries{H7854} unto me? shall there any man{H376} be put to death{H4191} this day{H3117} in Israel?{H3478} for do not I know{H3045} that I am this day{H3117} king{H4428} over Israel?{H3478} 23 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Shimei,{H8096} Thou shalt not die.{H4191} And the king{H4428} sware{H7650} unto him.
- 1 Kgs 2:36-46 : 36 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for Shimei,{H8096} and said{H559} unto him, Build{H1129} thee a house{H1004} in Jerusalem,{H3389} and dwell{H3427} there, and go not forth{H3318} thence any whither.{H575} 37 For on the day{H3117} thou goest out,{H3318} and passest over{H5674} the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} know{H3045} thou for certain{H3045} that thou shalt surely{H4191} die:{H4191} thy blood{H1818} shall be upon thine own head.{H7218} 38 And Shimei{H8096} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} The saying{H1697} is good:{H2896} as my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath said,{H1696} so will thy servant{H5650} do.{H6213} And Shimei{H8096} dwelt{H3427} in Jerusalem{H3389} many{H7227} days.{H3117} 39 And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of three{H7969} years,{H8141} that two{H8147} of the servants{H5650} of Shimei{H8096} ran away{H1272} unto Achish,{H397} son{H1121} of Maacah,{H4601} king{H4428} of Gath.{H1661} And they told{H5046} Shimei,{H8096} saying,{H559} Behold, thy servants{H5650} are in Gath.{H1661} 40 And Shimei{H8096} arose,{H6965} and saddled{H2280} his ass,{H2543} and went{H3212} to Gath{H1661} to Achish,{H397} to seek{H1245} his servants;{H5650} and Shimei{H8096} went,{H3212} and brought{H935} his servants{H5650} from Gath.{H1661} 41 And it was told{H5046} Solomon{H8010} that Shimei{H8096} had gone{H1980} from Jerusalem{H3389} to Gath,{H1661} and was come again.{H7725} 42 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for Shimei,{H8096} and said{H559} unto him, Did I not adjure{H7650} thee by Jehovah,{H3068} and protest{H5749} unto thee, saying,{H559} Know{H3045} for certain,{H3045} that on the day{H3117} thou goest out,{H3318} and walkest{H1980} abroad any whither,{H575} thou shalt surely{H4191} die?{H4191} and thou saidst{H559} unto me, The saying{H1697} that I have heard{H8085} is good.{H2896} 43 Why then hast thou not kept{H8104} the oath{H7621} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the commandment{H4687} that I have charged{H6680} thee with? 44 The king{H4428} said{H559} moreover to Shimei,{H8096} Thou knowest{H3045} all the wickedness{H7451} which thy heart{H3824} is privy to,{H3045} that thou didst{H6213} to David{H1732} my father:{H1} therefore Jehovah{H3068} shall return{H7725} thy wickedness{H7451} upon thine own head.{H7218} 45 But king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} shall be blessed,{H1288} and the throne{H3678} of David{H1732} shall be established{H3559} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} 46 So the king{H4428} commanded{H6680} Benaiah{H1141} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada;{H3077} and he went out,{H3318} and fell{H6293} upon him, so that he died.{H4191} And the kingdom{H4467} was established{H3559} in the hand{H3027} of Solomon.{H8010}
- Jer 4:2 : 2 and thou shalt swear,{H7650} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} in truth,{H571} in justice,{H4941} and in righteousness;{H6666} and the nations{H1471} shall bless{H1288} themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.{H1984}