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And it was toldוַיֻּגַּדto SolomonלִשְׁלֹמֹהthatכִּיShimeiשִׁמְעִיhad goneהָלַךְfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַםto Gathגַּתand returned.וַיָּשֹׁב
1 Kings 2:41
Study it in the app“And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:41, word by word
- And it was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- to Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears- had goneהָלַךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- to Gathגַּתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- and returnedיָּשֹׁבyashov
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashov” appears
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
40And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
41 · This verse (above)
42And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by YHWH, and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go this way or that, know for certain that you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I have heard it.’