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 the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ Now therefore, 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 [b]Sheol with blood.”

Death of David

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:8 Or grievous
  2. 1 Kings 2:9 I.e. the nether world