King James Version
1 Kings 2:41 in the King James Version says “And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.”
1 Kings 2:41 · KJV
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And it was told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“had gone”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and was come again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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