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The king said to Shimei, "aYou shall not die." Thus the king swore to him.
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1 Kings 2:8
1 Kings 2
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"Behold, athere is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when bhe came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'