1 Kings 2:40

So Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants—and Shimei went and brought in his servants, from Gath.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

In Context

39But it came to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei fled unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath,—and they told Shimei, saying—Lo! thy servants are in Gath.

41And it was told Solomon—Shimei hath been out of Jerusalem to Gath, and returned.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:27He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.

1 Timothy 6:10For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

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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