²³ Therefore ^(A)the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore to him.

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.

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, ^(D)do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but ^(E)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.”

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and ^(A)an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.

¹⁵ And David said to him, “Can you take me down to this troop?”

So he said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my ^(A)master, and I will take you down to this troop.”

¹⁰ And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”