Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Kings 2:8-10-11 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Be sure to do something about Shimei son of Gera from Bahurim in the territory of Benjamin. He cursed and insulted me the day I went to Mahanaim. But later, when he came to meet me at the River Jordan, I promised that I wouldn't kill him.

9. Now you must punish him. He's an old man, but you're wise enough to know that you must have him killed.

10-11. David was king of Israel forty years. He ruled seven years from Hebron and thirty-three years from Jerusalem. Then he died and was buried in Jerusalem.