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Bahurim District
| Name | SHIMEI |
| Aliases | SON OF GERA / THE BENJAMITE / WHO CURSED THE FLEEING KING |
| Status | DECEASED / SPARED BY DAVID / EXECUTED BY SOLOMON FOR BREAKING HIS BOUNDS |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE MAN WHO THREW STONES AT THE KING |
| Place of Birth | BAHURIM (BENJAMIN) | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | BENJAMIN (HOUSE OF SAUL) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF GERA THE BENJAMITE | People | THE HOUSE OF SAUL |
| Occupation | A MAN OF BENJAMIN | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF SAUL | Calling | THE CURSER WHOSE OWN WORDS RETURNED ON HIM |
| Primary Mission | SUBMIT TO THE LORD'S ANOINTED | Known Signs | THE CURSING AT BAHURIM / THE BROKEN OATH TO SOLOMON |
| Covenant Role | A WARNING OF THE BITTER, DISLOYAL TONGUE | Divine Access | INDIRECT / DAVID LEFT HIS CASE TO THE LORD |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE CURSING BENJAMITE |
| Covenant Status | DISLOYAL TO THE ANOINTED | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | HIS OWN MALICE / HIS BROKEN OATH |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / SLAIN FOR CROSSING HIS BOUNDS | Archive Category | MONARCHY / THE BITTER TONGUE |
What he shouted as David fled: GET OUT, YOU MAN OF BLOOD
Why Solomon finally had him killed: HE CROSSED THE KIDRON AGAINST HIS OATH
The subject was a Benjamite of Saul's house who came out as David fled from Absalom, cursing him, throwing stones and dust, and calling him a man of blood who was now repaid for the house of Saul.
Abishai wanted to cut off his head, but David restrained him, saying to let him curse, for the LORD had told him to, and perhaps the LORD would look on his affliction and repay him with good.
When David returned in triumph after the revolt was crushed, the subject hurried down to meet him, fell before him, and begged forgiveness, and David swore he would not put him to death.
Yet on his deathbed David charged Solomon to deal wisely with the subject, not holding him guiltless, for he was a shrewd man who had cursed the LORD's anointed.
Solomon confined the subject to Jerusalem on pain of death, and he agreed. But after three years, chasing runaway servants, he crossed the Kidron to Gath and back. Solomon summoned him, recalled his oath and his cursing of David, and had him put to death.
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- Bitter words spoken in another's low hour are not soon forgotten.
- A restraining hand that spares an enemy shows a heart at rest in God.
- A boundary set for our good is broken to our own destruction.
