Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 16:7
7Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
2 Samuel 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- New International Version (NIV)As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel!
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue!
Context of 2 Samuel 16:7
5When King David arrived at Bahurim, behold, just coming out from there was a man of the family of the house of Saul—his name was Shimei son of Gera. As he came out, he kept on cursing 6and flinging stones at David and at all King David’s servants, while all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and on his left. Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing! 8Adonai has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you’ve reigned. Adonai has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom—so see, your own evil has overtaken you, because you are a man of bloodshed.” 9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why let this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and take off his head!”
Read all of 2 Samuel 162 Samuel 16:7 word by word
וְכֹֽה־אָמַ֥ר שִׁמְעִ֖י בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ צֵ֥א צֵ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 16:7
- 2 Samuel 3:37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king’s will to kill Abner son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 11:15In the letter he wrote, “Put Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle and withdraw from him so that he may be struck down and die.”
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the word of Adonai by doing such evil in My eyes? Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to be your wife, and him you have slain with the sword of the children of Ammon
- Psalms 5:6Braggarts will not stand before your eyes. You hate all wrongdoers.
- Psalms 51:14Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Deuteronomy 13:13“Suppose you hear it said in one of your cities, which Adonai your God is giving you to dwell in,
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now Eli’s sons were worthless men; they did not acknowledge Adonai.
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. But he is such a worthless fellow that no one can speak to him.”
- 1 Kings 21:10Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let them testify against him saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Come out - Rather, “Go out,” namely, of the land, into banishment. Compare Jeremiah 29:16. Thou bloody man - See the margin. The Lord‘s word to David 1 Chronicles 22:8 was probably known to Shimei and now cast in David‘s teeth by him, with special reference to the innocent blood of Uriah.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are more dangerous than its frowns. Once and again David spared Saul's life, while Saul sought his. But innocence is no defence against malice and falsehood; nor are we to think it strange, if we are charged with that which we have been most careful to keep…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Shimei cursed David. He blamed David for the violent deaths of Saul and members of Saul’s family.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-125-12. when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (2Sa 3:16; 19:16). It is, however, only the confines of the district that are here meant. Shimei, ... a man of the family of Saul--The misfortune of his family, and the occupation by David of what they considered their rightful possessions, afforded a natural, if not a justifiable cause for this ebullition of rude insults and violence. He upbraided David as an ambitious usurper, and charged him, as…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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