^{30 31} And Mephibosheth said unto^▵ the king, Let him take even all, after my lord the king is come in peace unto^▵ 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.