1 Kings 2:37
2:37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” 1
1 Kings 2:42
2:42 the king summoned 2 Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 3 that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 4 know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 5
1 tn Heb “your blood will be upon your head.”
2 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
3 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”
4 tn Heb “here or there.”
5 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”