1 Kings 2:36

Now the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

2 Samuel 14:24

However the king said, “Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face.” So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.

2 Samuel 14:28

Now Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king’s face.

2 Samuel 16:5-9

When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

1 Kings 1:53

So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

Behold, there 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 he 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.’

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on the throne of justice
Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king winnows the wicked,
And drives the threshing wheel over them.

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Summary

1 Kings 2:36

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

Shimei

1 Kings 2:8

2 Samuel 16:5

Proverbs 20:8

Build

1 Kings 1:53

2 Samuel 14:24

Bible References

Shimei

When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

A king who sits on the throne of justice

Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Build

So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

However the king said, “Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face.” So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.