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And look, Shimei the son of Gera the son of the Benjaminite from Bahurim is with you. Now he cursed me severely[a] when I went to Mahanaim, but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, so I swore to him by Yahweh, ‘I surely will not kill you with the sword.’ So then, do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man, and you will know what you must do to him. You must bring his grey hair down to Sheol with blood.”

10 Then David slept with his ancestors[b] and was buried in the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:8 Literally “cursed me with a curse”
  2. 1 Kings 2:10 Or “fathers”