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1 Kings 2:8

And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Curse. Saying, Go out, 2 Kings xvi. 5. Camp. Hebrew Machanayim. (Haydock) Sword. He would revenge his private wrongs, but reserved the punishment of a notorious offender, till a time when passion would have no influence. Solomon was not bound by the personal oath of his father.
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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