⁵³ So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

Shimei Executed

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

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

¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, “What is your wish?”

²⁸ And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, ^(A)but did not see the king’s face.

²⁴ And the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but ^(A)do not let him see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king’s face.

² on the third day, behold, it happened that ^(A)a man came from Saul’s camp ^(B)with his clothes ^[a]torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he ^(C)fell to the ground and prostrated himself.