1 Kings 2:40-46
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,
2:42 the king summoned
Shimei and said to him, “You will recall
that I made you take an oath by the
Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere,
know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’
2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the
Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?”
2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David.
The
Lord will punish you for what you did.
2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered
and David’s dynasty
will endure permanently before the
Lord.”
2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei.
So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.