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The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don`t go forth from there any where.
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A Strategic Relocation
Commentators agree that Solomon's command for Shimei to move to Jerusalem was a shrewd political strategy. By forcing Shimei to leave his hometown of Bahurim, Solomon removed him from his base of support and placed him under direct royal supervision, neutralizing a potential threat to his new reign.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The object, apparently, was to keep Shimei under the immediate eye of the government. Shimei’s old home, Bahurim, lay east of Jerusalem on the road…
19th Century
Anglican
Called for Shimei.—The command given to Shimei is in itself a reasonable precaution against treason, in one already powerful and o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the king sent and called for Shimei Who had cursed his father; he lived at Bahurim, in the tribe of Benjamin, an…
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