6. Punish him in the way you think is wisest, but do not let him die peacefully of old age.
7. “Be kind to the children of Barzillai of Gilead, and allow them to eat at your table. They welcomed me when I ran away from your brother Absalom.
8. “And remember, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, is here with you. He cursed me the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I promised him before the Lord, ‘Shimei, I will not kill you.’
9. But you should not leave him unpunished. You are a wise man, and you will know what to do to him, but you must be sure he is killed.”
10. Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem.