Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 2:38
And Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
38. many days ] The LXX. has , three years, a reading evidently drawn from the next verse.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The saying is good; thy sentence is much more merciful than I expected or deserved. So will thy servant do; and Shimei did not only promise it, but also swore to it; being required by Solomon to do so, as is manifest from 1Ki 2:42,43.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Shimei said unto the king, the saying [is] good,…. It was an act of goodness in the king, and what was good, grateful, and acceptable to him; for being sent for by him, and knowing how he had used his father, and hearing of several traitors being put to death, he expected this would have been his case; and wherefore, instead of being put to death, was only obliged to leave his habitation in the country, and come and live at Jerusalem, a pleasant and delightful city, and the metropolis of the nation, it was very agreeable to him:
as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do; and he not only promised, but swore to it, which Solomon obliged him to, 1Ki 2:42;
and Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days; he accordingly built or purchased a house in Jerusalem, and removed from Bahurim to it, where he lived for the space of three years, as follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Ver. 38. The saying is good: so will thy servant do.] The false heart praiseth the law and promiseth obedience, but faileth in performance; here it “starteth aside, like a deceitful bow.” Psa 78:57 See Trapp on “ Psa 78:57 “
And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The saying: 1Ki 20:4, 2Ki 20:19
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 2:38. The saying is good Thy sentence is much more merciful than I expected or deserve. As my lord hath said, so will thy servant do And it appears from 1Ki 2:42-43, that he not only promised this, but confirmed his promise by an oath, being required by Solomon so to do.