1 Kings 2:37,42

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³⁷ For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

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⁴² And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

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Bro. J. W. Thirtle, explaining the Hebrew of Genesis 2:17 in The Christadelphian in 1880, argued from the story of Shimei that

It is out of the question to suppose that a process of decay is implied in the words "thou shalt surely die".

See "thou shalt surely die" for further discussion.