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(A)So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. But (B)show lovingkindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and (C)let them be among those who eat at your table; (D)for they [a]assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. Behold, (E)there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a [b]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when (F)he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:7 Lit came near to
  2. 1 Kings 2:8 Or grievous

Deal with him according to your wisdom,(A) but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

“But show kindness(B) to the sons of Barzillai(C) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.(D) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

“And remember, you have with you Shimei(E) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.(F) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore(G) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’

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