37 On the day you do leave and cross the Kidron Valley,(A) know for sure that you will certainly die. Your blood will be on your own head.”(B)

38 Shimei said to the king, “The sentence is fair; your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

39 But then, at the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish(C) son of Maacah, king of Gath.(D) Shimei was informed, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

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