1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ¹  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ²  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ³  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ⁴  with the sword.’

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ⁵  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ⁶  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁷  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ⁹  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

² tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

³ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

⁴ tn Heb “kill you.”

⁵ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

⁶ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

⁷ tn Heb “here or there.”

⁸ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

⁹ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”