Berean Standard Bible

2 Samuel 16:10-12

10But the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100have I to do with you,O sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Zeruiahצְרֻיָ֑הtze.ru.YahH6870?IfH3588he curses meיְקַלֵּ֗לye.ka.LelH7043becauseH3588the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068toldאָ֤מַר'A.marH559him, ‘Curseקַלֵּ֣לka.LelH7043אֶת־'et-H853Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,’whoוּמִ֣יu.MiH4310can askיֹאמַ֔רyo.MarH559, ‘Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069did you doעָשִׂ֥יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213thisכֵּֽן׃ סKenH3651?’”

11Then Davidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Abishaiאֲבִישַׁי֙ וְאֶל־'a.vi.Shai ve.'el-H52 H413and to allכָּל־kol-H3605his servantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650, “Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009,my own sonבְנִ֛יve.NiH1121אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834יָצָ֥אya.Tza'H3318,my own flesh and bloodמִמֵּעַ֖יmi.me.'AiH4578,seeksמְבַקֵּ֣שׁme.va.KeshH1245אֶת־'et-H853my lifeנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315וְאַ֨ףve.'AfH637.How much moreכִּֽי־ki-H3588,thenעַתָּ֜ה'a.TahH6258, thisBenjamiteH1145!Leave him aloneהַנִּ֤חוּha.Ni.chuH5117and let him curse meוִֽיקַלֵּ֔לvi.ka.LelH7043,for the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has toldאָֽמַר־'a.mar-H559himsoכִּ֥יkiH3588.

12Perhapsאוּלַ֛י'u.LaiH194the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068will seeיִרְאֶ֥הyir.'EhH7200my afflictionH5771and repayוְהֵשִׁ֨יב יְהוָ֥הve.he.Shiv Yah.wehH7725 H3068mewith goodטוֹבָ֔הto.VahH2896forתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478the cursingקִלְלָת֖וֹki.la.ToH7045I receivetodayהַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃hai.Yom ha.ZehH3117 H2088.”

Read all of 2 Samuel 16

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16