2 Samuel 16:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

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  • 2 Sam 16:5-6 : 5 And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him. 6 And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.
  • Acts 23:23 : 23 And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

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  • 2 Sam 16:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5 And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

    6 And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.

    7 And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

  • 2 Sam 16:9-12
    4 verses
    83%

    9 Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

    10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

    11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.

    12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

  • 2 Sam 19:16-19
    4 verses
    78%

    16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

    17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

    18 And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

    19 And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    77%

    8 Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-23
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    76%

    21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

    22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

    23 So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

  • 2 Sam 16:14
    74%

    14 And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-42
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    36 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

    37 For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.

    38 And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.

    39 But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

    40 Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

    41 And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.

    42 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    71%

    41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

  • Ps 109:17-18
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    71%

    17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

    18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13 Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

  • 2 Sam 15:30
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    30 And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    70%

    10 And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 17:43
    70%

    43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    69%

    26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    69%

    21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    69%

    13 Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

  • Job 16:10
    69%

    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    69%

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • Ps 102:8
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    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • 2 Sam 15:18
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    18 And all the people went on by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the men of Ittai of Gath, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, went on before the king.

  • Ps 109:28
    68%

    28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • 1 Sam 17:26-28
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    26 And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

    27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

    28 And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
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    12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • Mark 12:4
    68%

    4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    68%

    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?