²¹ Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because ^(A)he cursed the Lord's anointed?”

^28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor ^(B)curse a ruler of your people.

⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand ^(A)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?”

¹⁰ And set two ^(A)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ^(B)‘You have cursed^[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” ¹¹ And the men of his city, ^(C)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,

¹³ So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and ^(A)cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.

⁷ And Shimei said as he ^(A)cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! ⁸ The Lord ^(B)has avenged on you all ^(C)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”

Shimei Curses David

⁵ When King David came to ^(A)Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was ^(B)Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came ^(C)he cursed continually.

⁶ He said to his men, ^(A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is ^(B)the Lord's anointed.”