2 Samuel 16:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Sam 16:7-14
    8 verses
    85%

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

    8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

    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.

    13 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.

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

  • 2 Sam 16:5
    83%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
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    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 19:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 12:1-2
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    71%

    1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

    2 They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

  • 1 Chr 20:7-8
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    7 And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

    8 These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
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    70%

    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

    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.

  • 2 Sam 21:21
    69%

    21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:38-39
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    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40 Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.

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

  • 1 Sam 26:8-10
    3 verses
    69%

    8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

    9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

    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.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    69%

    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;

  • 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.

  • Ps 109:6
    69%

    6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

  • 2 Sam 15:18
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:11
    68%

    11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

  • Ps 110:5
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    5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:49
    67%

    49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    67%

    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.

  • Judg 20:16
    67%

    16 Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

  • 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:30
    67%

    30 And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

  • Job 30:12
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    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

  • 1 Sam 30:6
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    6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
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    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.

  • Mark 12:4
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    4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

  • 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 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.

  • 1 Sam 22:17
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    17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.