37 For on the day you go out and (A)cross over the [a]brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; (B)your blood shall be on your own head.” 38 Shimei then said to the king, “The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

39 But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away (C)to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:37 Or wadi