⁵³ So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

³⁶ Then the king sent and summoned ^(A)Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.

³¹ Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, ^(A)“May my lord King David live forever!”

¹⁶ Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”

²⁸ So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.

²⁴ And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.

² And on the third day, behold, ^(A)a man came from Saul's camp, ^(B)with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, ^(C)he fell to the ground and paid homage.