12. It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
13. So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
14. The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
15. Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
16. When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
17. Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
18. Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, I will be his, and I will stay with him.