1 Kings 2:6-8

Amplified Bible

⁶So act in accordance with your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace. ⁷But be gracious and kind to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who [have the honor to] eat at your table; for they met me [with kindness] when I fled from your brother Absalom.^(A) ⁸And look, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim; he is the one who cursed me with a sinister curse the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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1 Kings 2:6-8

New International Version

⁶Deal with him according to your wisdom,^(A) but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

⁷“But show kindness^(B) to the sons of Barzillai^(C) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.^(D) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

⁸“And remember, you have with you Shimei^(E) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.^(F) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore^(G) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’

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1 Kings 2:6-8

King James Version

⁶Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

⁷But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

⁸And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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