And the king called the Gibeonites, and said to them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and protested to you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out, and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? and you said to me, The word that I have heard is good.
The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is aware of, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon your own head;