¹¹ Then David said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my own son, my own flesh and blood,^[a] intends to take my life^(A)—how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse me; the Lord has told him to. ¹² Perhaps the Lord will see my affliction^[b] and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei’s curses today.”