unfoldingWord_en_tn/1ki/02/36.md

General Information:

King Solomon tells Shimei to stay in Jerusalem or Shimei will die.

Your blood will be on your own head

Here "blood" is a metonym for guilt and the head is a metonym for the person. AT: "You will be responsible for your own death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shimei
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant