Read 1 Kings 2:8 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Kings 2.8, 1 Kings 2v8, 1R. 2:8. And look, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim; he is the one who cursed me with a sinister curse the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down t…
Other reference formats: 1 Kings 2.8, 1 Kings 2v8, 1R. 2:8.
8 And look, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim; he is the one who cursed me with a sinister curse the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’