2 Samuel 19:19-21

New Catholic Bible

¹⁹and he said: “I entreat my lord not to hold me guilty or to remember how shamefully I behaved on the day my lord the king departed from Jerusalem. I beg you not to hold my guilt against me. ²⁰I humbly admit that I have sinned. Today I am the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

²¹However, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, objected, saying: “Should not Shimei be put to death because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”