1 Raja-raja 2:44-46

2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. ¹  The Lord will punish you for what you did. ²  2:45 But King Solomon will be empowered ³  and David’s dynasty ⁴  will endure permanently before the Lord.” 2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ⁵ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ⁶ 

[2:44]  ¹ tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”

[2:44]  ² tn Heb “The Lord will cause your evil to return upon your head.”

[2:45]  ³ tn Or “blessed.”

[2:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “throne.”

[2:46]  ⁵ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ⁶ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”