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The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else.

1 Kings 2:36 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૨:૩૬
પછી રાજાએ માણસ મોકલીને શિમઈને બોલાવીને તેને કહ્યું, “તું યરુશાલેમમાં ઘર બાંધીને ત્યાં રહે અને ત્યાંથી ક્યાંય જતો નહિ.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं २:३६
तब राजा ने शिमी को बुलवा भेजा, और उससे कहा, “तू यरूशलेम में अपना एक घर बनाकर वहीं रहना और नगर से बाहर कहीं न जाना।

In context

34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

36The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else.

37For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

38Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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