The king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and stay there. Don’t leave ⌞the city⌟ to go anywhere else.
But the king said, “Absalom should return to his own house. He will not see me.” So Absalom returned to his house and didn’t see the king.
Absalom stayed in Jerusalem two full years without seeing the king.
King Solomon sent men to take him from the altar. Adonijah bowed down in front of King Solomon. “Go home,” Solomon told him.
A wise king scatters the wicked and then runs them over.
A king who sits on his throne to judge sifts out every evil with his eyes.