2 Samuel 19:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד מַה־לִּ֤י וְלָכֶם֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה כִּי־תִֽהְיוּ־לִ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם לְשָׂטָ֑ן הַיּ֗וֹם י֤וּמַת אִישׁ֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֚י הֲל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם אֲנִי־מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer dāwid mah-lî wəlākem bənê ṣərûyāh kî-tihyû-lî hayyôm ləśāṭān hayyôm yûmat ʾîš bəyiśrāʾēl kî hălôʾ yādaʿtî kî hayyôm ʾănî-melek ʿal-yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*mah*-*lî*: interrogative + preposition with 1st person suffix - what to me
*wəlākem*: conjunction + preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and to you
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*ṣərûyāh*: proper noun - Zeruiah
*kî*-*tihyû*-*lî*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person suffix - that you should be to me
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun - today
*ləśāṭān*: preposition + noun - as an adversary
*yûmat*: verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - shall be put to death
*ʾîš*: noun - a man
*bəyiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel
*kî*: conjunction - that
*hălôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - do I not
*yādaʿtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know
*ʾănî*-*melek*: 1st person singular pronoun + noun - I am king
*ʿal*-*yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - over Israel

Word Meanings

*mah*-*lî* *wəlākem*: what have I to do with you/what business is this of yours
*ləśāṭān*: as an adversary/as an opponent/as one who obstructs
*hălôʾ* *yādaʿtî*: do I not know/am I not aware/is it not clear to me

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
1 Kgs 2:37 : 37 For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Heb 6:16 : 16 For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 2:41-44
4 verses
81%
41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good.
43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
1 Kgs 2:8-9
2 verses
78%
8And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
2 Sam 19:21-22
2 verses
77%
21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?
22And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
1 Kgs 2:36-38
3 verses
77%
36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Kgs 1:29-31
3 verses
75%
29And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
30verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.
31Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
2 Sam 19:18-19
2 verses
74%
18And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
19And he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
1 Sam 19:6
73%
6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.
1 Kgs 2:23-24
2 verses
73%
23Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.
24Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
1 Sam 24:21-22
2 verses
73%
21Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
1 Sam 22:16
72%
16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
2 Sam 14:10
72%
10And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
2 Sam 21:7
71%
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Sam 16:5
71%
5And 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.
1 Sam 20:2
71%
2And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
1 Sam 26:9-10
2 verses
71%
9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
10And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
2 Sam 12:13
70%
13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
1 Sam 28:10
70%
10And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
2 Sam 19:38
70%
38And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
1 Sam 24:18
70%
18And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.
2 Sam 19:16
70%
16And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
1 Kgs 1:17
70%
17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
2 Sam 19:29
69%
29And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
2 Sam 16:13
69%
13So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side {H6763} over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
Jer 38:16
69%
16So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
2 Sam 19:24-25
2 verses
69%
24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
25And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
2 Sam 15:21
69%
21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.
1 Sam 26:23
69%
23And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.
Ps 132:11
69%
11Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Ps 89:35
68%
35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
2 Sam 1:16
68%
16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.
2 Sam 16:7
68%
7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:
2 Sam 16:10
68%
10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
1 Sam 30:15
68%
15And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
Jer 34:4
68%
4Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus saith Jehovah concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword;
1 Sam 20:31
68%
31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
1 Sam 20:15
68%
15but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.