40. So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath to search for his slaves. He went and brought them back from Gath.
41. It was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
42. So the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Didn’t I make you swear by the Lord and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you leave and go anywhere else, know for sure that you will certainly die’? And you said to me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will obey.’
43. So why have you not kept the Lord’s oath and the command that I gave you? ”
44. The king also said, “You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore, the Lord has brought back your evil on your head,
45. but King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain established before the Lord forever.”
46. Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in Solomon’s hand.