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Behold, (A)there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a [a]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when (B)he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ So now, do not let him go unpunished, (C)for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.”

The Death of David

10 Then (D)David slept with his fathers and was buried in (E)the city of David.

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  1. 1 Kings 2:8 Or grievous