1 KINGS 2:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.”
"And the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, 'Did I not make you swear by the LORD, and solemnly warn you, saying, "On the day you go out and walk to any place, know for certain that you shall surely die"? And you said to me, "The sentence is fair; I accept it."'" — Solomon confronts Shimei: *ha-lo hashbatti otka be-YHVH va-ha'idoti 'aleikha lmor... ve-attah amar'ta li tov ha-dabar* (Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnly warn you... and you said to me the sentence is fair?). Solomon invokes the *oath* (*alah*) that bound Shimei, the *witness* (*'eda'*) against him, and Shimei's own *acceptance* of the terms. The rhetoric is devastating: Shimei acknowledged the justice of the sentence, then violated it.
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