1 Kings 4:18

4:18 Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.

1 Kings 2:38

2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 1  Your servant will do as you say.” 2  So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 3 

1 Kings 2:40-41

2:40 So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath. 2:41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

1 Kings 2:8

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 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. 8  The Lord will punish you for what you did. 9 

1 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

2 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

3 tn Heb “many days.”

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.”

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

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