1 Kings 2:40 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴⁰ So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath to search for his slaves. He went and brought them back from Gath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to King Achish to seek his servants, and brought them from Gath.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Shimei saddled his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to look for his servants. Shimei then brought his servants back from Gath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.

1 Kings 2:40 Cross References

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham got up early in the morning,  saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

1 Kings 2:39

But then, at the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish  son of Maacah, king of Gath.  Shimei was informed, ‘Look, your slaves are in Gath.’

1 Kings 2:41

It was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.

Proverbs 15:27

The one who profits dishonestly  troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.

Luke 12:15

He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root  of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith  and pierced themselves with many griefs.