1 Kings 2:8 meaning and explanation
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
1 Kings 2:8, Berean Standard Bible
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These are David's final instructions to Solomon. Shimei, a Benjamite from Bahurim, had cursed David publicly as he fled Jerusalem during Absalom's rebellion (2 Samuel 16:5-13), shouting that the Lord was repaying David for bloodshed.
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