44. The king also said to Shimei, “You certainly remember all the wicked things you did to my father, David. May the lord now bring that evil on your own head.
45. But may I, King Solomon, receive the lord’s blessings, and may one of David’s descendants always sit on this throne in the presence of the lord.”
46. Then, at the king’s command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him.So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon’s grip.