6. Do with him what you think best, but don’t let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.
7. “Be kind to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. Make them permanent guests at your table, for they took care of me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
8. “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the lord that I would not kill him.
9. But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.”