43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment wherewith I charged thee?

44 The King said also to Shimei, [a]Thou knowest all the wickedness whereunto thine heart is privy, that thou didst to David my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickedness upon thine own head.

45 And let king Solomon be blessed, and the throne of David established before the Lord forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:44 For though thou wouldest deny, yet thine own conscience would accuse thee for reviling and doing wrong to my father, 2 Sam 16:5.

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