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36 Then the king sent and summoned Shimei, and he said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but you must not go out anywhere whatsoever[a] from there. 37 It shall happen that on the day you go out and cross over the Wadi[b] Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die.[c] Your blood will be on your head.” 38 Shimei said to the king, “The word is good that my lord the king has spoken to me; thus will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:36 Literally “where and where”
  2. 1 Kings 2:37 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  3. 1 Kings 2:37 Literally “dying you will die”