David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today?
Shall any man be put to death today in Israel?
For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.”
The king swore to him.
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.