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36 Then the king sent and summoned Shimei, and commanded him: “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and depart not from there anywhere else. 37 For on the day you go out and cross over the Kidron valley, know for certain that you shall surely die—your blood shall be on your own head.”

38 “The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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