1 Kings 1:30

1:30 I will keep ¹  today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ²  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ³  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ⁴  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ⁵  with the sword.’

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ⁶  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ⁷  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁸  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁹ 

[1:30]  ¹ tn Or “carry out, perform.”

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

[2:8]  ³ tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “kill you.”

[2:42]  ³ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”