^{11 12} And king David sent unto^▵ Zadok and to^▵ Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto^▵ the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to return the king to^▵ his house? and the word of all Israel is come to^▵ the king to^▵ his house.

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.