1 Kings 2:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Be gracious to the descendants of Barzillai the Gileadite, and provide for them in your household,^[a] because they helped me when I had to run from your brother Absalom.

⁸ “Pay attention now! You have with you Gera’s son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin from Bahurim. He cursed me violently that day when I had to leave for Mahanaim. When he visited me at the Jordan River,^[b] I made an oath to the Lord and told him, ‘I won’t execute you with a sword.’ ⁹ But don’t let him off unpunished, since you’re a wise man and you’ll know what you need to do to him. Find a way that he dies in his old age^[c] by shedding his blood.”