2 Samuel 16:11-15

English Standard Version

¹¹ And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, ^(A)my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. ¹² It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me,^[a] and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.” ¹³ So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and ^(B)cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. ¹⁴ And the king, and all the people who were with him, ^(C)arrived weary at the Jordan.^[b] And there he refreshed himself.

Absalom Enters Jerusalem

^15 (D)Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.