¹⁸ Then they crossed the shallow places repeatedly to bring over the king’s household, and to do what was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan. ¹⁹ And he said to the king, “^(A)May my lord not consider me guilty, nor call to mind what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, so that the king would ^[a]take it to heart. ²⁰ For your servant knows that I have sinned; so behold, I have come today, ^(B)the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”