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1 Kings 2:8-12

1 Kings 2:8

And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjaminite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a painful curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

1 Kings 2:9

But now do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.” Death of David

1 Kings 2:10

Then David lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 2:11

Now the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned for seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years.

1 Kings 2:12

Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.