1 Kings 2:6-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

^6 (A)So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to ^[a]Sheol in peace. ⁷ But ^(B)show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and ^(C)let them be among those who eat at your table; ^(D)for they ^[b]assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. ⁸ Behold, ^(E)there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a ^[c]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when ^(F)he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’