⁷ And the king pitied Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan^◦ the son of Saul, because of the promise of Jehovah that was between them, between David and Jonathan^◦ the son of Saul.

⁸ But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah^◦ the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei and Rei, and the heroes whom David had^◦, were not with Adonijah^◦.