41. When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned,
42. the king summoned Shimei and said to him: “Did I not have you swear by the Lord and warn you clearly, ‘The day you leave and go anywhere else, be certain you shall surely die’? And you answered, ‘I accept and obey.’
43. Why, then, have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command that I gave you?”
44. And the king said to Shimei: “In your heart you know very well the evil that you did to David my father. Now the Lord is bringing your own evil upon your head.
45. But King Solomon shall be blessed, and David’s throne shall be established before the Lord forever.”
46. The king then gave the order to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, who went out and struck him dead.And the royal power was established in Solomon’s hand.