1Ki 2:8 Cross References

1 Kings 2:8

8: "And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.

2 Samuel 16:5

  1. As David and his party passed Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, a member of Saul's family.
  2. He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded them.
  3. "Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!" he shouted at David.
  4. "The LORD is paying you back for murdering Saul and his family. You stole his throne, and now the LORD has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, you murderer!"

2 Samuel 19:16

  1. Then Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin, hurried across with the men of Judah to welcome King David.
  2. A thousand men from the tribe of Benjamin were with him, including Ziba, the servant of Saul, and Ziba's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan to arrive ahead of the king.
  3. They all crossed the ford and worked hard ferrying the king's household across the river, helping them in every way they could. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him.
  4. "My lord the king, please forgive me," he pleaded. "Forget the terrible thing I did when you left Jerusalem.
  5. I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel to greet you."

1 Kings 2:36

  1. The king then sent for Shimei and told him, "Build a house here in Jerusalem and live there. But don't step outside the city to go anywhere else.
  2. On the day you cross the Kidron Valley, you will surely die; your blood will be on your own head."
  3. Shimei replied, "Your sentence is fair; I will do whatever my lord the king commands." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
  4. But three years later, two of Shimei's slaves escaped to King Achish of Gath. When Shimei learned where they were,
  5. he saddled his donkey and went to Gath to search for them. When he had found them, he took them back to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:2

  1. and if you will swear by my name alone, and begin to live good, honest lives and uphold justice, then you will be a blessing to the nations of the world, and all people will come and praise my name."
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