2 Samuel 19:19-21

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁹ Shimei said to the king, “My lord, don’t think about the wrong things I did. My lord and king, don’t remember the bad things I did when you left Jerusalem. ²⁰ I know that I sinned. That is why today I am the first person from Joseph’s family^[a] to come down and meet you, my lord and king.”

²¹ Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Let’s kill him for all the bad things he said about the Lord’s chosen king.^[b]”