^{22 23} And David said, What is there to me and to you^*, ye sons of Zeruiah that you should this day be opponents unto me? Shall· there any man^◦ ·be·​·put·​·to·​·death this day in Israel? For do I not know that I^◦ am this day king over Israel?

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.