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1 Kings 2:42-46 (NLT)

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⁴² So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, "Didn't I make you swear by the Lord and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, 'The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.' ⁴³ Then why haven't you kept your oath to the Lord and obeyed my command?" ⁴⁴ The king also said to Shimei, "You certainly remember all the wicked things you did to my father, David. May the Lord now bring that evil on your own head. ⁴⁵ But may I, King Solomon, receive the Lord's blessings, and may one of David's descendants always sit on this throne in the presence of the Lord." ⁴⁶ Then, at the king's command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him.So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon's grip.

Definition(s):
Benaiah (Be-nah-ya): son of the Lord