New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 16:9-14

9Then 1Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should 2this dead dog 3curse my lord the king? Now let me go over and 4cut off his head.” 10But the king said, “5 6What business of mine is yours, you sons of Zeruiah? 7If he curses, and if the Lord has told him, ‘Curse David,’ 8then who should say, ‘Why have you done so?’” 11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, 9my son who came out of my own body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjaminite? Leave him alone and let him curse, 10for the Lord has told him. 12Perhaps the Lord will look on my 11misery and 12 13return good to me instead of his cursing this day.” 13So David and his men went on the road; and Shimei kept going on the hillside close beside him, and as he went he cursed and threw stones and dirt at him. 14And the king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted, and he refreshed himself there.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 16:9 1 Sam 26:8; 2 Sam 19:21; Luke 9:54 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 16:9 2 Sam 9:8 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 16:9 Ex 22:28 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 16:9 Lit take off ↩
5. 2 Samuel 16:10 Lit What to me and to you, an ancient idiom ↩
6. 2 Samuel 16:10 2 Sam 3:39; 19:22 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 16:10 John 18:11 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 16:10 Rom 9:20 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 16:11 2 Sam 12:11 ↩
10. 2 Samuel 16:11 Gen 45:5; 1 Sam 26:19 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 16:12 As in ancient versions; MT wrongdoing ↩
12. 2 Samuel 16:12 Lit the Lord will return ↩
13. 2 Samuel 16:12 Deut 23:5; Rom 8:28 ↩

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16