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.
Your servant will do as you say.”
So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
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 2:39
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 1:8
1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors
did not ally themselves
with Adonijah.
1 Kings 2:36
2:36 Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere!
1 Kings 2:8
2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’
1 Kings 2:42
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.’
1 Kings 2:44
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.