5 When King David reached Ba·huʹrim, a man of the family of Saul’s house named Shimʹe·i,+ the son of Geʹra, came out shouting curses as he approached.+

8 “There is also with you Shimʹe·i the son of Geʹra the Benʹja·min·ite from Ba·huʹrim. He was the one who cursed me with a vicious curse+ on the day that I was going to Ma·ha·naʹim;+ but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by Jehovah: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’+