1 Kings 2:38

Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

In Context

37For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

39At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:4The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”

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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