20 For your servant knows that I have sinned; so behold, I have come today, (A)the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.” 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah responded, “(B)Should Shimei not be put to death for this, (C)the fact that he cursed the Lords anointed?” 22 David then said, “(D)What [a]is there between you and me, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be an adversary to me today? (E)Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? For do I not know that I am king over Israel today?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:22 Lit to me and to you; an ancient idiom

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