^{9 10} And all the people were contending in all the tribes^◦ of Israel, saying, The king rescued us from the palm of the hand of our enemies, and he^◦ caused us to escape from the palm of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has run·​·away from the land on·​·account·​·of Absalom.

⁸ And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Baḥurim, and he^◦ reviled me with a reviling that was·​·grievous in the day of my going to Mahanaim; but he^◦ came·​·down to meet me at the Jordan, and I promised to him by Jehovah, saying, I will· not^▫ ·put· thee ·to·​·death with the sword.