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6 Therefore do aaccording to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.  
7 “But show kindness to the sons of aBarzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who beat at your table, for so cthey came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.  
8 “And see, you have with you aShimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But bhe came down to meet me at the Jordan, and cI swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’  
9 Now therefore, ado not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bbring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”  

Death of David

10 So aDavid rested with his fathers, and was buried in bthe City of David.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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1 Kings 2:8

I will not, etc. - The words are, The king said unto Shimei, thou shalt not die: and the king sware unto him, II Samuel 19:23. The oath, we see, was absolute. It was not, I will not put thee to death now. or, I will not put thee to death with the sword. But who can reconcile his charge to Solomon with this oath? Surely, considering the time of that charge, this next to the matter of Uriah, is the greatest blemish in all David's life.


 
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