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 2:39

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 ⁴  did not ally themselves ⁵  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ⁶  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ⁷  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ⁹  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ¹⁰  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ¹¹  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ¹²  with the sword.’

1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ¹³  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ¹⁴  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ¹⁵  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ¹⁷  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ¹⁸ 

[2:38]  ¹ tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

[2:38]  ² tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

[2:38]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “were not.”

[2:36]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ³ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[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.”

[2:42]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[2:44]  ¹ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

[2:44]  ² tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”