And behold, you have with you (A)Shimei the son of Gera the Benjaminite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a painful curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when (B)he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ But now do not leave him unpunished, (C)for you are a wise man; and you will know what to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to [a]Sheol with blood.”

Death of David

10 Then (D)David [b]lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in (E)the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:9 I.e., the netherworld
  2. 1 Kings 2:10 I.e., died

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