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1 Kings 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim,¹ who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim.² He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised³ him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down⁴ with the sword.’

1 Kings 22:8

Context
22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will.⁵ But I despise⁶ him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.⁷ Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

¹tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

²tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

³tn Or “swore an oath to.”

⁴tn Heb “kill you.”

⁵tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

⁶tn Or “hate.”

⁷tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

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