1 Kings 2:37

37 For on the day you go out and cross ¹the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. ²Your blood shall be on your own head."

1 Kings 2:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:37

For it shall be, [that] on the day thou goest out
Out of the city of Jerusalem: and passest over the brook Kidron: which is particularly mentioned, because this lay in his way to Bahurim, his native place; he must cross that to go to it, see ( 2 Samuel 15:23 ) ( 16:5 ) ; and where it might reasonably be supposed he would some time or another be inclined to go, through business, or a desire to see it again:

thou shalt know for certain that thou shall surely die:
it may be depended on as what will be most certainly the case; no reprieve nor pardon will be granted:

thy blood shall be on thine own head;
fair warning being given, he could blame none but himself, should he be guilty and suffer.

1 Kings 2:37 In-Context

35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

36 Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.

37 For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head."

38 And Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

39 But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, "Behold, your servants are in Gath,"

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 15:23
• 2. See 2 Samuel 1:16