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.
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who were to David, were not with Adonijah.
And the land shall mourn, families by families being alone: the family of the house of David being alone, and their wives being alone; the family of the house of Nathan being alone, and their wives being alone;