When David was a little past the top [of the mountain,] there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred [loaves] of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
And the king said to Ziba, "What do you mean to do with these?" So Ziba said, "The donkeys [are] for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who are faint in the wilderness to drink."
Then the king said, "And where [is] your master's son?" And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.' "
So the king said to Ziba, "Here, all that [belongs] to Mephibosheth [is] yours." And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, [that] I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!"
Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came.
And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left.
"The LORD has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you [are caught] in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man!"
But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, 'Curse David.' Who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?' "
And David said to Abishai and all his servants, "See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now [may this] Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the LORD has ordered him.
And as David and his men went along the road, Shimei went along the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him and kicked up dust.
"Furthermore, whom should I serve? [Should I] not [serve] in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong."
Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, [was] as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So [was] all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.