1 Kings 2:37-39

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^36-37 The king now sent for Shimei and told him, “Build a house here in Jerusalem, and don’t step outside the city on pain of death. The moment you go beyond Kidron Brook, you die; and it will be your own fault.”

³⁸ “All right,” Shimei replied, “whatever you say.” So he lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

³⁹ But three years later two of Shimei’s slaves escaped to King Achish of Gath. When Shimei learned where they were,