2 Samuel 19:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ “And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh?^[a] May God deal with me in the most severe way possible if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab.’ ” ¹⁴ With those words, David won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent this message to the king: “Return, both you and all who serve you.”

¹⁵ David and Shimei. When the king on his return reached the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to greet him and escort him across the river.