Solomon heard that Shimei had left Jerusalem and had gone to Gath and returned.
he saddled his donkey and went to Gath to search for them. When he found them, he brought them back to Jerusalem.
So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn’t I make you swear by the Lord and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.’