2 Samuel 16
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2 Samuel 16:5-14

5When KingH4428 DavidH1732 cameH935 to 1BahurimH980, beholdH2009, there cameH3318 out from thereH8033 a manH376 of the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of SaulH7586 2whose nameH8034 was ShimeiH8096, the sonH1121 of GeraH1617; he cameH3318 out 3cursingH7043 continually as he cameH3318. 6He threwH5619 stonesH68 at DavidH1732 and at allH3605 the servantsH5650 of KingH4428 DavidH1732; and allH3605 the peopleH5971 and allH3605 the mightyH1368 menH1368 were at his rightH3225 handH3225 and at his leftH8040. 7ThusH3541 ShimeiH8096 saidH559 when he cursedH7043, “GetH3318 out, getH3318 out, 4you manH376 of bloodshedH1818, and worthlessH1100 fellowH376! 85The LordH3068 has returnedH7725 upon you allH3605 6the bloodshedH1818 of the houseH1004 of SaulH7586, in whoseH834 placeH8478 you have reignedH4427; and the LordH3068 has givenH5414 the kingdomH4410 into the handH3027 of your sonH1121 AbsalomH53. And beholdH2009, you are taken in your own evilH7463, for you are a manH376 of bloodshedH1818!”

9Then 7AbishaiH52 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “WhyH4100 should 8thisH2088 deadH4191 dogH3611 9curseH7043 my lordH113 the kingH4428? Let me goH5674 overH5674 nowH4994 and 10cutH5493 offH5493 his headH7218.” 10But the kingH4428 saidH559, “11WhatH4100 have I to do with you, O sonsH1121 of ZeruiahH6870? 12IfH3588 he cursesH7043, and ifH3588 the LordH3068 has toldH559 him, ‘CurseH7043 DavidH1732,’ 13then whoH4310 shall sayH559, ‘WhyH4069 have you doneH6213 soH3651?’” 11Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbishaiH52 and to allH3605 his servantsH5650, “BeholdH2009, 14my sonH1121 whoH834 cameH3318 out from 15me seeksH1245 my lifeH5315; howH637 muchH637H3588 moreH637H3588 nowH6258 this BenjamiteH1145? LetH5117 him aloneH5117 and let him curseH7043, 16for the LordH3068 has toldH559 him. 12PerhapsH194 the LordH3068 will lookH7200 on my afflictionH6040 and 1718returnH7725 goodH2899 to me insteadH8478 of his cursingH7045 thisH2088 dayH3117.” 13So DavidH1732 and his menH376 wentH1980 on the wayH1870; and ShimeiH8096 wentH1980 along on the hillsideH6763H2022 parallelH5980 with him and as he wentH1980 he cursedH7043 and castH5619 stonesH68 and threwH6080 dustH6083 at him. 14The kingH4428 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him arrivedH935 wearyH5889 and he refreshedH5314 himself thereH8033.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 16:5 2 Sam 3:16; 17:18 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 16:5 2 Sam 19:16-23; 1 Kin 2:8, 9, 44 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 16:5 Ex 22:28; 1 Sam 17:43 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 16:7 2 Sam 12:9 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 16:8 2 Sam 21:1-9 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 16:8 2 Sam 1:16; 3:28, 29; 4:11, 12 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 16:9 1 Sam 26:8; 2 Sam 19:21; Luke 9:54 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 16:9 2 Sam 9:8 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 16:9 Ex 22:28 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 16:9 Lit take off ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 16:10 2 Sam 3:39; 19:22 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 16:10 John 18:11 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 16:10 Rom 9:20 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 16:11 2 Sam 12:11 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 16:11 Lit my body ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 16:11 Gen 45:5; 1 Sam 26:19 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 16:12 Lit the Lord will return ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 16:12 Deut 23:5; Rom 8:28 ↩

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