40. Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
41. Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
42. The king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warned you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I will obey.’
43. Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the commandment that I gave you?”
44. The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the wickedness in your heart and what you did to David my father. Therefore the Lord shall return your wickedness on your own head.
45. But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”
46. So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, who went out and attacked him so that he died.And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.