2 Samuel 16:11-13

English Standard Version

¹¹ And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, ^(A)my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. ¹² It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me,^[a] and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.” ¹³ So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and ^(B)cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.