1 Kings 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned 1  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 2  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 3 

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned 4  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 5  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 6  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 7 

1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

3 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

2 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

3 tn Heb “here or there.”

4 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”