1Ki 2:36-42 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 36. Build thee a house ] Thus he gave him the whole city for a prison, and this certainly could have reduced him to no hardships.

‏ 1 Kings 2:36-42

Verse 36. Build thee a house] Thus he gave him the whole city for a prison, and this certainly could have reduced him to no hardships.

Verse 37. Thy blood shall be upon thine own head.] Thou knowest what to expect; if thou disobey my orders thou shalt certainly be slain, and then thou shalt be considered as a self-murderer; thou alone shalt be answerable for thy own death. Solomon knew that Shimei was a seditious man, and he chose to keep him under his own eye; for such a man at large, in favourable circumstances, might do much evil. His bitter revilings of David were a sufficient proof.

Verse 40. And Shimei-went to Gath] It is astonishing that with his eyes wide open he would thus run into the jaws of death.