"Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants; and he returned with his servants from Gath." — Shimei departs Jerusalem to retrieve his servants: *va-ya-qum Shimi va-yache-bosh et-chamaro va-yayya'a Gatah el-Achish le-drosh et-avadav, va-ya-shav Shimi ve-hevi et-avadav me-Gath* (Shimei arose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants, and Shimei returned and brought his servants from Gath). The journey across the brook Kidron, as Solomon had predicted, triggers the death sentence. The text portrays this as Shimei's *free choice*, not Solomon's manipulation—Shimei breaks his oath to retrieve property. Yet the narrative logic suggests Solomon foresaw this outcome.

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