1 Kings 2:8-9

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.’ 2:9 But now ⁵  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ⁶  make sure he has a bloody death.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 2:37

2:37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ⁹ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ¹⁰ 

[2:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

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

[2:8]  ³ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “kill you.”

[2:9]  ⁵ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[2:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “your blood will be upon your head.”

[2:46]  ⁹ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ¹⁰ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”