2 Samuel 16
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2 Samuel 16:5-14

5When KingH4428 DavidH1732 cameH935 to 1BahurimH980, beholdH2009, a manH376 was comingH3318 outH3318 from thereH8033 from the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of SaulH7586, and 2his nameH8034 was ShimeiH8096, the sonH1121 of GeraH1617; he was comingH3318 outH3318, 3cursingH7043 as he cameH3318. 6He also threwH5619 stonesH68 at DavidH1732 and allH3605 the servantsH5650 of KingH4428 DavidH1732; and allH3605 the peopleH5971 and allH3605 the warriorsH1368 were on his rightH3225 and on his leftH8040. 7ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 ShimeiH8096 saidH559 when he cursedH7043: “GoH3318 awayH3318, goH3318 awayH3318, 4you manH376 of bloodshedH1818 and worthlessH1100 manH376! 85The LordH3068 has broughtH7725 backH7725 upon you allH3605 6the bloodshedH1818 of the houseH1004 of SaulH7586, inH8478 whoseH834 placeH8478 you have becomeH4427 kingH4427; and the LordH3068 has handedH5414H3027 the kingdomH4410 overH5414 to your sonH1121 AbsalomH53. And beholdH2009, you are caught 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? NowH4994 let me goH5674 overH5674 and 10cutH5493 offH5493 his headH7218.” 10But the kingH4428 saidH559, “1112WhatH4100 business of mine is yours, you sonsH1121 of ZeruiahH6870? 13IfH3588 he cursesH7043, and ifH3588 the LordH3068 has toldH559 him, ‘CurseH7043 DavidH1732,’ 14then whoH4310 should sayH559, ‘WhyH4069 have you doneH6213 soH3651?’” 11Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbishaiH52 and to allH3605 his servantsH5650, “BeholdH2009, 15my sonH1121 whoH834 cameH3318 outH3318 of my own body seeksH1245 my lifeH5315; howH637 muchH637H3588 moreH637H3588 nowH6258 this BenjaminiteH1145? LeaveH5117 him aloneH5117 and let him curseH7043, 16for the LordH3068 has toldH559 him. 12PerhapsH194 the LordH3068 will lookH7200 on my 17miseryH6040 and 1819returnH7725 goodH2899 to me insteadH8478 ofH8478 his cursingH7045 thisH2088 dayH3117.” 13So DavidH1732 and his menH376 wentH1980 on the roadH1870; and ShimeiH8096 keptH1980 goingH1980 on the hillsideH6763H2022 closeH5980 besideH5980 him, and as he wentH1980 he cursedH7043 and threwH5619 stonesH68 and dirtH6083 at him. 14And the kingH4428 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him arrivedH935 exhaustedH5889, 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 Lit What to me and to you, an ancient idiom ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 16:10 2 Sam 3:39; 19:22 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 16:10 John 18:11 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 16:10 Rom 9:20 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 16:11 2 Sam 12:11 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 16:11 Gen 45:5; 1 Sam 26:19 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 16:12 As in ancient versions; MT wrongdoing ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 16:12 Lit the Lord will return ↩
  19. 19. 2 Samuel 16:12 Deut 23:5; Rom 8:28 ↩

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