For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Yosef to go down to meet my YY the king.
And it came to pass, when all Yisrael heard that Yarovam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Yisrael: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Yhudah only.
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Yisrael, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Plishtim; and now he is fled out of the land for Avshalom.
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Yisrael bless, saying, Elohim make thee as Efrayim and as Mnasheh: and he set Efrayim before Mnasheh.
And Yisrael stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Efrayim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Mnasheh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Mnasheh was the firstborn.