1 KINGS 2:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.”
"And Shimei said to the king, 'The sentence is fair; as my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.' And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days." — Shimei accepts the confinement: *tov ha-dabar ka'asher amar adi ha-melekh, ken ya'aseh avdekha* (the sentence is fair; as my lord the king has said, so your servant will do). The phrase *tov ha-dabar* (the sentence is fair/good) suggests Shimei recognizes the justice and accepts his punishment. The *many days* he dwells in Jerusalem are days of confinement and political exclusion.
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