⁸ “And see, you have with you ^(A)Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But ^(B)he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and ^(C)I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

⁹ Now therefore, ^(A)do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but ^(B)bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”

³⁷ For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross ^(A)the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; ^(B)your ^[a]blood shall be on your own head.”

⁴⁶ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. Thus the ^(A)kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.