^{19 20} and said unto^▵ the king, Let not my lord reckon iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that thy servant did commit·​·iniquity on the day when^▵ my lord the king went·​·out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to^▵ his heart.

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.