And King David came to Bahurim. And, behold, a man was coming out from there, of the family of the house of Saul; and his name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and he came cursing.
And a youth saw them, and told Absalom. And they went on, both of them in haste, and came into the house of a man in Bahurim. And to him was a well in his court, and they went down there.
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin; also Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they had rushed over the Jordan before the king.
And, behold, with you is Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim. And he cursed me with a grievous cursing in the day I went to Mahanaim. And he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not cause you to die by the sword.
And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to meet them, walking as he walked and weeping. And it happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.