2 Samuel 16:5

David Gera Shimei Bahurim

³ “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

⁴ So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

⁶ He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.

⁷ And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
KJV: And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
WEB: When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
ASV: And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.
DARBY: And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed,
BLB: And King David came to Bahurim, and behold, a man from there was going out from the family of the house of Saul, and his name [was] Shimei son of Gera. And he came out, coming out cursing continuously.

ÅB: Da kong David kom til Bahurim, kom det ut derfra en mann som var i slekt med Sauls hus og hette Sime'i, Gera's sønn; han kom bannende
OTB: Da kong David kom til Bahurim, se, en mann kom ut derfra fra Sauls hus, som hette Sjimi, sønn av Gera; han kom ut og forbannet kontinuerlig mens han kom.
B1930: Da kong David kom til Bahurim, kom det ut derfra en mann som var i slekt med Sauls hus og hette Sime'i, Gera's sønn; han kom bannende

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 3:16
Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
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1 Samuel 17:43
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Kings 2:8–9
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
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Exodus 22:28
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
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1 Kings 2:36–46
Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
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2 Samuel 17:18
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
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Isaiah 8:21
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
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Psalms 69:26
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
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