²² And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok said yet again to^▵ Joab, And what would it be? Let me run, I pray^◦, me^◦ also, after Cushi. And Joab said, Why is this that thou^◦ wouldest run, my son? And for thee no good tidings are·​·found.

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.