Discovery Box1 Kings 2:36-42 
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 1 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 2 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 3 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.” 4 2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 5 Your servant will do as you say.” 6 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 7
2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.” 2:40 So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath. 2:41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned, 2:42 the king summoned 8 Shimei and said to him, “You will recall 9 that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, 10 know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ 11
1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
4 tn Heb “your blood will be upon your head.”
5 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”
6 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”
7 tn Heb “many days.”
8 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
9 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”
10 tn Heb “here or there.”
11 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”
