1 Raja-raja 2:8-9

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ¹  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ²  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ³  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ⁴  with the sword.’ 2:9 But now ⁵  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ⁶  make sure he has a bloody death.” ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ⁸  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ⁹  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 2:44

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ¹¹  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ¹² 

[2:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

[2:8]  ³ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “kill you.”

[2:9]  ⁵ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[2:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[2:44]  ¹¹ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

[2:44]  ¹² tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”