40. so he put his saddle on his donkey and went to Achish at Gath to find them. Then he brought them back from Gath.
41. Someone told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
42. So Solomon sent for Shimei and said, “I made you promise in the name of the Lord not to leave Jerusalem. I warned you if you went out anywhere you would die, and you agreed to what I said.
43. Why did you break your promise to the Lord and disobey my command?”
44. The king also said, “You know the many wrong things you did to my father David, so now the Lord will punish you for those wrongs.