42. And sending he called for him, and said to him: Did I not protest to thee by the Lord, and tell thee before: On what day soever thou shalt go out and walk abroad any whither, know that thou shalt die? And thou answeredst me: The word that I have heard is good.
43. Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?
44. And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father: the Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head:
45. And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
46. So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.