12 Further, when he offered the sacrifices, Abʹsa·lom sent for A·hithʹo·phel+ the Giʹlon·ite, David’s adviser,*+ from his city Giʹloh.+ The conspiracy kept gaining momentum, and the people who supported Abʹsa·lom were growing in number.+

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.+ 6 He was throwing stones at David and at all the servants of King David, as well as at all the people and the mighty men on his right and on his left. 7 Shimʹe·i said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you bloodguilty man! You worthless man!

I was forced to hand over what I had not stolen.