And Bathsheba bowed down before the king; and the king said, What is your request?

And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and paid homage to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.

And it came to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his clothes were torn, and dust [was] upon his head. And it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and bowed down to him.

And the king called Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and you shall not go out from there anywhere.

And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Absalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

And Absalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

[My] son, fear God and the king, and do not disobey either of them.