Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.
24:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of 1 Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.
1 tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”