And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came from my own body, seeks my life — how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone and let him curse — for the LORD has bidden him — David extends grace to Shimei based on deeper logic: if his own son (Absalom) seeks to kill him, should he not accept cursing from a stranger? His reference to Absalom as coming

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