10 But the king said, "My problems aren’t yours, you sons of Zeruiah. If he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David, then who is to question, ‘Why are you doing this?’"
11 Then David addressed Abishai and all his servants: "Listen! My own son, one of my very own children, wants me dead. This Benjaminite can only feel the same—only more! Leave him alone. And let him curse, because the Lord told him to.
12 Perhaps the Lord will see my distress; perhaps the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing today."
13 So David and his men kept walking, while Shimei went along on the hillside next to him, cursing as he went, throwing rocks and dirt at him.
14 The king and all the people who were with him reached the Jordan River exhausted, and he rested there.
15 Now Absalom and all the Israelites entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
16 Then David’s friend Hushai, who was from Erek, approached Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"