12. Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses he is uttering this day.”
13. David and his men continued on the road, while Shimei kept up with them on the hillside, all the while cursing and throwing stones and dirt as he went.
14. The king and all the soldiers with him arrived at the Jordan tired out, and stopped there to rest.
15. In the meantime Absalom, with all the Israelites, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
16. When David’s friend Hushai the Archite came to Absalom, he said to him: “Long live the king! Long live the king!”