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40 So Shimei got up and saddled his donkey, and he went to Gath, to Achish, to search for his slaves. So Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath. 41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned, 42 the king sent and summoned Shimei, and he said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh? I warned you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and you go anywhere whatsoever,[a] know for certain that you will surely die.’[b] And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I accept.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:42 Literally “where and where”
  2. 1 Kings 2:42 Literally “dying you will die”