1 Kings 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

You also have with you Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me bitterly the day I was going to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will not kill you by the sword.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:24

Then the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king gave him his oath. David and Meribbaal.

Exodus 22:27

You shall not despise God, nor curse a leader of your people.

Jeremiah 4:2

And swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in judgment, and in justice, Then the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him glory.