13:34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west 2 on a road beside the hill.
16:13 So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. 3
1 tc The Syriac Peshitta and one
2 tn Heb “behind him.”
3 tn Heb “and he cursed and threw stones, opposite him, pelting [them] with dirt.” The offline vÿqatal construction in the last clause indicates an action that was complementary to the action described in the preceding clause. He simultaneously threw stones and dirt.