1 Kings 2:41

And it was told Solomon that Semei had gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and was come back.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

In Context

40And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Achis to Geth to seek his servants, and he brought them out of Geth.

42And sending he called for him, and said to him: Did I not protest to thee by the Lord, and tell thee before: On what day soever thou shalt go out and walk abroad any whither, know that thou shalt die? And thou answeredst me: The word that I have heard is good.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:36-46

Shimei's Punishment. ( b. c. 1014.) 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And… Read the whole commentary →

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