So the kingsentand calledfor Shimeiand saidto him, "Did I not make you swearby the LORDand solemnlywarnyou, saying,'You will knowfor certainthat on the dayyou departand goanywhere,you shall surelydie?And you saidto me, 'The wordwhich I have heardis good.'
It was toldSolomonthat Shimeihad gonefrom Jerusalemto Gath,and had returned.
"Whythen have you not keptthe oathof the LORD,and the commandwhichI have laidon you?"
In whose eyesa reprobateis despised,But who honorsthose who fearthe LORD;He swearsto his own hurtand does not change;
"But the fathersaidto his slaves,'Quicklybringout the bestrobeand putit on him, and puta ringon his handand sandalson his feet;
"He saidto him, 'By your own wordsI will judgeyou, you worthlessslave.Did you knowthat I aman exactingman,takingup whatI did not lay downand reapingwhatI did not sow?
