1 KINGS 2:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.”
"Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, 'Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place; for on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head.'" — Solomon addresses the final threat: Shimei, who cursed David. The command is *confinement*: *binah l'kha bayit be-Yerushalem ve-yashavta sham ve-lo tetse misham...* (build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, do not go out from there...). The restriction to Jerusalem, with the *brook Kidron* as the boundary, is *house arrest* (in the ancient sense). The condition is absolute: *bayyom tsetekha ve-avartar et-nachal Qidron yado'a ki-mot tamut* (on the day you cross the Kidron, you shall surely die). Solomon places Shimei under a *conditional death sentence*, binding him with oath-breaking consequences.
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