¹⁷ And they took Absalom and cast him in the forest, into^▵ the great chasm; and set·​·up upon him an exceedingly great heap of stones; and all Israel fled each·​·man^◦ to his tent.

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.