Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!"

The next day a young man arrived from Saul's camp. To show his grief, he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head. He went to David and bowed to the ground in respect.

Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Live in it and don't leave the city.

The king, however, gave orders that Absalom should not live in the palace. "I don't want to see him," the king said. So Absalom lived in his own house and did not appear before the king.

Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king.

Have reverence for the LORD, my child, and honor the king. Have nothing to do with people who rebel against them;