¹¹ Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is ^(A)neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you ^(B)hunt my life to take it.

⁷ Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You ^[a]bloodthirsty man, ^(A)you ^[b]rogue! ⁸ The Lord has ^(B)brought upon you all ^(C)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a ^[c]bloodthirsty man!”

²² “The Lord ^(A)God of gods, the Lord God of gods, He ^(B)knows, and let Israel itself know—if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the Lord, do not save us this day.

¹⁸ And he said, ^(A)“Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand? ¹⁹ Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has ^(B)stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, ^(C)for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the ^(D)inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’