2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, 4 who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. 5 He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised 6 him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down 7 with the sword.’
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.
3 tn Or “balsam oil.”
4 tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”
5 tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”
6 tn Or “swore an oath to.”
7 tn Heb “kill you.”