Murder in Gods Name

Solomon heard that Shimei had left Jerusalem and had gone to Gath and returned.  So he sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn’t I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else, or you would surely die?  And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.’  Then why haven’t you kept your oath to the LORD and obeyed my command?”  The king also said to Shimei, “You surely remember all the wicked things you did to my father, King David.  May the LORD punish you for them.  But may I receive the LORD’s rich blessings, and may one of David’s descendants always sit on this throne.”  Then, at the king’s command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him. So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon’s grip. (1 Kings 2:41-46 NLT)