1 Kings 2:9 meaning and explanation

Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

1 Kings 2:9, Berean Standard Bible

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These are David's final words to Solomon, part of his deathbed charge. David recalls how Shimei of Bahurim cursed him publicly as he fled from Absalom, and how David later swore at the Jordan not to put him to death.

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