³⁶ Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

²⁴ And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.

²⁸ For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.

⁵ And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

⁶ And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.

⁷ And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

⁸ The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

⁹ Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

⁵³ So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

⁸ Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

⁹ But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

⁸ A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

²⁶ A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.