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The Talmud says at Ber. 8a: "For as long as Shimei the son of Gera was alive Solomon did not marry the daughter of Pharaoh" (see also Midrash Tehillim to Ps. 3:1). A brother of David, called also Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea (1 Samuel 16:9; 17:13; 2 Samuel 13:3; 21:21; 1 Chronicles 2:13; 20:7) A friend of King David mentioned in 1 Kings 1:8
The Talmud records different opinions about Shimei. According to Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Ami citing Ulla, Shimei was Solomon's teacher. [8] [9] The Talmud further states that as long as Shimei was alive, Solomon refrained from marrying Pharaoh's daughter and other foreign wives. The statement instructs that this shows that a person should always live ...
Despite his oath, David did not forget or forgive Shimei's insults so he commanded Solomon to deal with Shimei after David's death (1 Kings 2:8–9). [ 15 ] The second meeting was with Ziba , who had rushed down to the Jordan at the same time as Shimei with a group of people to assist the king's household to cross.
As for Shimei, Solomon orders him to remain in Jerusalem, but when Shimei later retrieves his servants who had fled to Gath, Solomon has Benaiah slaughter Shimei for leaving. PEOPLE: David - Solomon - יהוה YHVH God - Joab - Shimei - Adonijah - Bathsheba - Abishag - Abiathar - Benaiah - Zadok - Achish
Another king of Gath, described as "Achish, son of Maacah," probably a grandson of the foregoing king, is referred to during Solomon's reign. I Kings 2:39–46 mentions two servants of Shimei fleeing to this king in Gath, and Shimei going to Gath to bring them back in breach of Solomon's orders. The consequence was that Solomon put Shimei to death.
He helped David's son Solomon become king, killed Solomon's enemies, and served as the chief of Solomon's army. On Solomon's instructions he was responsible for the deaths of Adonijah (1 Kings 2:25), Joab (1 Kings 2:34) and Shimei (1 Kings 2:46). He was in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites.
There, Shimei ben Gera accuses David of having murdered the House of Saul. In 2 Samuel, 16:5, Shimei is depicted as a Benjaminite from the same clan as Saul, while in 2 Samuel, 19:21, Shimei is depicted as first among the Tribe of Joseph. In 2 Samuel, 20:1, Sheba son of Bichri of the Tribe of Benjamin proclaims a rebellion against the House of ...
Solomon gained a chance to prepare a meal for the Ammonite king, which the king found so impressive that the previous cook was sacked and Solomon put in his place; the king's daughter, Naamah, subsequently fell in love with Solomon, but the family (thinking Solomon a commoner) disapproved, so the king decided to kill them both by sending them ...