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Now the kingsent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and livethere, and do not go out from there to anyplace.
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"For on the day you go out and crossover the brookKidron, you will know for certain that you shall surelydie; your blood shall be on your own head."
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But it came about at the end of threeyears, that two of the servants of Shimeiranaway to Achishson of Maacah, king of Gath. And they toldShimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath."
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So the kingsent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnlywarn you, saying, 'You will know for certain that on the day you depart and goanywhere, you shall surelydie '? And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.'
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The king also said to Shimei, "You knowall the evilwhich you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my fatherDavid; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head.
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So the kingcommandedBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him so that he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.