So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”
My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”
So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.
And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.
And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
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