1 Kings 2:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

1 Kings 2:39

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying; Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

1 Kings 2:41

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: But he that hateth gifts shall live.

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.