1 Kings 2:44
“You can see here four people who were condemned by Solomon because they were guilty of treason: they all foreshadowed the Jewish nation's ruin, which would derive from Christ's unjust killing. Adonijah, who was appointed as king and was killed shortly later, was the first to presage the fall of the Jewish kingdom; the…”
Source: Septuagint
44And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all thy mischief which thy heart knows, which thou didst to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed thy mischief on thine own head.
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42And the king sent and called Shimei, and said to him, Did I not adjure thee by the Lord, and testify to thee, saying, In whatsoever day thou shalt go out of Jerusalem, and go to the right or left, know certainly that thou shalt assuredly die?
43And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded thee?
— 1 Kings 2:44 —
45And King Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.
46And Solomon commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went forth and slew him. a And King Solomon was very prudent and wise: and Judah and Israel were very many, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating, and drinking, and rejoicing: b and Solomon was chief in all the kingdoms, and they brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life. c And Solomon began to open the domains of Lebanon, d and he built Thermae in the wilderness. e And this was the daily provision of Solomon, thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of ground meal, ten choice calves, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and does, and choice fed birds. f For he ruled in all the country on this side the river, from Raphi unto Gaza, over all the kings on this side the river: g and he was at peace on all sides round about; and Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, eating and drinking, and feasting, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. h And these were the princes of Solomon; Azariah son of Zadok the priest, and Orniu son of Nathan chief of the officers, and he went to his house; and Subas the scribe, and Basa son of Achithalam recorder, and Abi son of Joab commander-in-chief, and Achire son of Edrai was over the levies, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the household and over the brickwork, and Cachur the son of Nathan was counselor. i And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses. k And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt: l so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Judah in Jerusalem.