2 Samuel 16:8-10

Living Bible

^7-8 “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David. “The Lord is paying you back for murdering King Saul and his family; you stole his throne and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom! At last you will taste some of your own medicine, you murderer!”

⁹ “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai demanded. “Let me go over and strike off his head!”

¹⁰ “No!” the king said. “If the Lord has told him to curse me, who am I to say no?