David is on the run again in his life but this time from his own son Absalom. A servant of Mepibosheth, called Ziba comes to David with vital provisions for him, but the servant lies to David and tells him the Mephiboseth has betrayed him in order to get a reward off David. The if this wasn't bad enough for David to be fleeing from his own son and to hear, wrongfully, that one of his most trusted friends has betrayed him a distant relation of Saul comes to him called Shimei, and starts cursing David and saying all this has come upono him because of what he did to the Saul when he was still alive. Davids men who are with him ask for permission to kill Shimei but David is merciful towards him saying, that Absalom is what they should be concerned with and not the misguided insults of some distant relation of Saul, thus David again showed great mercy to the house of Saul and triumphed wonderfully in the face of adversity
