¹⁶And ^mShimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of ⁿBahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. ¹⁷And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and ^oZiba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. ¹⁸And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do ^†what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; ¹⁹And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant ^pdid perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should ^qtake it to his heart. ²⁰For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all ^rthe house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. ²¹But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he ^scursed the Lord’s anointed? ²²And David said, ^tWhat have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? ^ushall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? ²³Therefore ^vthe king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

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Footnotes

mch. 16:5. 1 Kin. 2:8.
nSee ch. 3:16.
och. 9:2, 10. & 16:1–4.
†Heb. the good in his eyes. ver. 27, 37, 38. See Josh. 22:30. & ch. 24:22.
pSee ch. 7:14.
qch. 13:33.
rComp. ch. 16:5.
s Ex. 22:28. ch. 16:7.
tch. 16:10. See 1 Sam. 26:6.
uSo 1 Sam. 11:13.
vComp. 1 Kin. 2:8, 9, 37, 46.

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