1 Kings 2:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Achish in Gath, to search for his slaves; Shimei went and brought his slaves 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Achis to Geth to seek his servants: and he brought them out of Geth.

1 Kings 2:40 Cross References

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.

1 Kings 2:39

But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. When it was told Shimei, “Your slaves are in Gath,”

1 Kings 2:41

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,

Proverbs 15:27

Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.