2 ³⁶ Then the king sent and summoned Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth from there to any place whatever. 2 ³⁷ For on the day you go forth, and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head." 2 ³⁸ And Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

2 ³⁹ But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath," 2 ⁴⁰ Shimei arose and saddled an ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath. 2 ⁴¹ And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned, 2 ⁴² the king sent and summoned Shimei, and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by Yahweh, and solemnly admonish you, saying, 'Know for certain that on the day you go forth and go to any place whatever, you shall die'? And you said to me, 'What you say is good; I obey.' 2 ⁴³ Why then have you not kept your oath to Yahweh and the commandment with which I charged you?" 2 ⁴⁴ The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so Yahweh will bring back your evil upon your own head. 2 ⁴⁵ But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh for ever." 2 ⁴⁶ Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.