Verse 5

And when king{H4428} David{H1732} came{H935} to Bahurim,{H980} behold, there came out{H3318} thence a man{H376} of the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} whose name{H8034} was Shimei,{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera;{H1617} he came out,{H3318} and cursed{H7043} still as he came.{H3318}

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 3:16 : 16 And her husband{H376} went{H3212} with her, weeping{H1980} as he went, and followed{H310} her to Bahurim.{H980} Then said{H559} Abner{H74} unto him, Go,{H3212} return:{H7725} and he returned.{H7725}
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not revile{H7043} God,{H430} nor curse{H779} a ruler{H5387} of thy people.{H5971}
  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 And, behold, there is with thee Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera,{H1617} the Benjamite,{H1145} of Bahurim,{H980} who cursed{H7043} me with a grievous{H4834} curse{H7045} in the day{H3117} when I went{H3212} to Mahanaim;{H4266} but he came down{H3381} to meet{H7125} me at the Jordan,{H3383} and I sware{H7650} to him by Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} I will not put thee to death{H4191} with the sword.{H2719} 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless,{H5352} for thou art a wise{H2450} man;{H376} and thou wilt know{H3045} what thou oughtest to do{H6213} unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head{H7872} down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} with blood.{H1818}
  • 1 Kgs 2:36-46 : 36 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for Shimei,{H8096} and said{H559} unto him, Build{H1129} thee a house{H1004} in Jerusalem,{H3389} and dwell{H3427} there, and go not forth{H3318} thence any whither.{H575} 37 For on the day{H3117} thou goest out,{H3318} and passest over{H5674} the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} know{H3045} thou for certain{H3045} that thou shalt surely{H4191} die:{H4191} thy blood{H1818} shall be upon thine own head.{H7218} 38 And Shimei{H8096} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} The saying{H1697} is good:{H2896} as my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath said,{H1696} so will thy servant{H5650} do.{H6213} And Shimei{H8096} dwelt{H3427} in Jerusalem{H3389} many{H7227} days.{H3117} 39 And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of three{H7969} years,{H8141} that two{H8147} of the servants{H5650} of Shimei{H8096} ran away{H1272} unto Achish,{H397} son{H1121} of Maacah,{H4601} king{H4428} of Gath.{H1661} And they told{H5046} Shimei,{H8096} saying,{H559} Behold, thy servants{H5650} are in Gath.{H1661} 40 And Shimei{H8096} arose,{H6965} and saddled{H2280} his ass,{H2543} and went{H3212} to Gath{H1661} to Achish,{H397} to seek{H1245} his servants;{H5650} and Shimei{H8096} went,{H3212} and brought{H935} his servants{H5650} from Gath.{H1661} 41 And it was told{H5046} Solomon{H8010} that Shimei{H8096} had gone{H1980} from Jerusalem{H3389} to Gath,{H1661} and was come again.{H7725} 42 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for Shimei,{H8096} and said{H559} unto him, Did I not adjure{H7650} thee by Jehovah,{H3068} and protest{H5749} unto thee, saying,{H559} Know{H3045} for certain,{H3045} that on the day{H3117} thou goest out,{H3318} and walkest{H1980} abroad any whither,{H575} thou shalt surely{H4191} die?{H4191} and thou saidst{H559} unto me, The saying{H1697} that I have heard{H8085} is good.{H2896} 43 Why then hast thou not kept{H8104} the oath{H7621} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the commandment{H4687} that I have charged{H6680} thee with? 44 The king{H4428} said{H559} moreover to Shimei,{H8096} Thou knowest{H3045} all the wickedness{H7451} which thy heart{H3824} is privy to,{H3045} that thou didst{H6213} to David{H1732} my father:{H1} therefore Jehovah{H3068} shall return{H7725} thy wickedness{H7451} upon thine own head.{H7218} 45 But king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} shall be blessed,{H1288} and the throne{H3678} of David{H1732} shall be established{H3559} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} 46 So the king{H4428} commanded{H6680} Benaiah{H1141} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada;{H3077} and he went out,{H3318} and fell{H6293} upon him, so that he died.{H4191} And the kingdom{H4467} was established{H3559} in the hand{H3027} of Solomon.{H8010}
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine{H6430} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Am I a dog,{H3611} that thou comest{H935} to me with staves?{H4731} And the Philistine{H6430} cursed{H7043} David{H1732} by his gods.{H430}
  • 2 Sam 17:18 : 18 But a lad{H5288} saw{H7200} them, and told{H5046} Absalom:{H53} and they went{H3212} both{H8147} of them away quickly,{H4120} and came{H935} to the house{H1004} of a man{H376} in Bahurim,{H980} who had a well{H875} in his court;{H2691} and they went down{H3381} thither.{H8033}
  • 2 Sam 19:16-23 : 16 And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera,{H1617} the Benjamite,{H1145} who was of Bahurim,{H980} hasted{H4116} and came down{H3381} with the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} to meet{H7125} king{H4428} David.{H1732} 17 And there were a thousand{H505} men{H376} of Benjamin{H1145} with him, and Ziba{H6717} the servant{H5288} of the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} and his fifteen{H2568} sons{H1121} and his twenty{H6242} servants{H5650} with him; and they went through{H6743} the Jordan{H3383} in the presence{H6440} of the king.{H4428} 18 And there went over{H5674} a ferry-boat{H5679} to bring over{H5674} the king's{H4428} household,{H1004} and to do{H6213} what he thought{H5869} good.{H2896} And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617} fell down{H5307} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} when he was come over{H5674} the Jordan.{H3383} 19 And he said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Let not my lord{H113} impute{H2803} iniquity{H5771} unto me, neither do thou remember{H2142} that which thy servant{H5650} did perversely{H5753} the day{H3117} that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} went out{H3318} of Jerusalem,{H3389} that the king{H4428} should take{H7760} it to his heart.{H3820} 20 For thy servant{H5650} doth know{H3045} that I have sinned:{H2398} therefore, behold, I am come{H935} this day{H3117} the first{H7223} of all the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130} to go down{H3381} to meet{H7125} my lord{H113} the king.{H4428} 21 But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191} for this, because he cursed{H7043} Jehovah's{H3068} anointed?{H4899} 22 And David{H1732} said,{H559} What have I to do with you, ye sons{H1121} of Zeruiah,{H6870} that ye should this day{H3117} be adversaries{H7854} unto me? shall there any man{H376} be put to death{H4191} this day{H3117} in Israel?{H3478} for do not I know{H3045} that I am this day{H3117} king{H4428} over Israel?{H3478} 23 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Shimei,{H8096} Thou shalt not die.{H4191} And the king{H4428} sware{H7650} unto him.
  • 2 Sam 16:14 : 14 And the king,{H4428} and all the people{H5971} that were with him, came{H935} weary;{H5889} and he refreshed{H5314} himself there.
  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute{H7291} him whom thou hast smitten;{H5221} And they tell{H5608} of the sorrow{H4341} of those whom thou hast wounded.{H2491}
  • Ps 109:16-19 : 16 Because he remembered{H2142} not to show{H6213} kindness,{H2617} But persecuted{H7291} the poor{H6041} and needy{H6041} man,{H376} And the broken{H3512} in heart,{H3824} to slay{H4191} [them]. 17 Yea, he loved{H157} cursing,{H7045} and it came{H935} unto him; And he delighted{H2654} not in blessing,{H1293} and it was far{H7368} from him. 18 He clothed{H3847} himself also with cursing{H7045} as with his garment,{H4055} And it came{H935} into his inward{H7130} parts like water,{H4325} And like oil{H8081} into his bones.{H6106} 19 Let it be unto him as the raiment{H899} wherewith he covereth{H5844} himself, And for the girdle{H4206} wherewith he is girded{H2296} continually.{H8548}
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse,{H7043} but bless{H1288} thou: When they arise,{H6965} they shall be put to shame,{H954} But thy servant{H5650} shall rejoice.{H8055}
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the sparrow{H6833} in her wandering,{H5110} as the swallow{H1866} in her flying,{H5774} So the curse{H7045} that is causeless{H2600} alighteth{H935} not.
  • Eccl 10:20 : 20 Revile{H7043} not the king,{H4428} no, not in thy thought;{H4093} and revile{H7043} not the rich{H6223} in thy bedchamber:{H2315} for a bird{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} shall carry{H3212} the voice,{H6963} and that which hath{H1167} wings{H3671} shall tell{H5046} the matter.{H1697}
  • Isa 8:21 : 21 And they shall pass{H5674} through it, sore distressed{H7185} and hungry;{H7457} and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry,{H7456} they shall fret{H7107} themselves, and curse{H7043} by their king{H4428} and by their God,{H430} and turn{H6437} their faces upward:{H4605}
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed{G3107} are ye{G2075} when{G3752} [men] shall reproach{G3679} you,{G5209} and{G2532} persecute{G1377} you, and{G2532} say{G2036} all manner of{G3956} evil{G4190} against{G2596} you{G5216} falsely,{G5574} for{G1752} my{G1700} sake.{G1752} 12 Rejoice,{G5463} and{G2532} be exceeding glad:{G21} for{G3754} great{G4183} is your{G5216} reward{G3408} in{G1722} heaven:{G3772} for{G1063} so{G3779} persecuted they{G1377} the prophets{G4396} that were{G3588} before{G4253} you.{G5216}