1 Kings 2:8

Overview - 1 Kings 2
1	David, having given a charge to Solomon,
3	of religiousness;
5	of Joab;
7	of Barzillai;
8	of Shimei;
10	dies.
12	Solomon succeeds.
13	Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to death.
26	Abiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the priesthood.
28	Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain.
35	Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadok in Abiathar's.
36	Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is put to death.

1 Kings 2:8  (King James Version)
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.