1 Kings 2:40 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁰ Shime-i arose and saddled an ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; Shime-i 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 ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

1 Kings 2:39

But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shime-i's slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shime-i, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath,”

1 Kings 2:41

And when Solomon was told that Shime-i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.