1 Kings 2:41
39 After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
40 So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
43 So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
- KJV
- And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
- WEB
- Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.
- ASV
- And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
- DARBY
- And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.
- BLB
- And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
- ÅB
- Men Salomo fikk vite at Sime'i var reist fra Jerusalem til Gat og var kommet tilbake.
- OTB
- Og det ble fortalt Salomo at Sjimi hadde dratt fra Jerusalem til Gat og hadde vendt tilbake.
- B1930
- Men Salomo fikk vite at Sime'i var reist fra Jerusalem til Gat og var kommet tilbake.