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?”