Tu as aussi dans ton entourage[a] Shimeï, fils de Guéra, un Benjaminite du village de Bahourim. Il a prononcé contre moi de terribles malédictions le jour où j’ai dû me réfugier à Mahanaïm[b]. Mais lorsqu’il est venu à ma rencontre vers le Jourdain à mon retour, je lui ai juré au nom de l’Eternel que je ne le ferais pas mourir par l’épée[c].

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Footnotes

  1. 2.8 Le domicile de Shimeï n’était qu’à 8 kilomètres de Jérusalem (2 S 16.5).
  2. 2.8 Voir 2 S 17.24.
  3. 2.8 Voir 2 S 16.5-13 ; 19.19-24.

And, 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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“And see, you have with you (A)Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But (B)he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and (C)I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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