2 Samuel 16:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.

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  • 2 Sam 16:5-6 : 5 Shimei Curses David and His Men Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached. 6 He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left.
  • Acts 23:23 : 23 Then he summoned two of the centurions and said,“Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,

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  • 2 Sam 16:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5Shimei Curses David and His Men Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.

    6He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left.

    7As he yelled curses, Shimei said,“Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!

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

    9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king,“Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

    10But the king said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the LORD has said to him,‘Curse David!’, who can say to him,‘Why have you done this?’”

    11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.

    12Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

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

    16Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

    17There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed the Jordan within sight of the king.

    18They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.

    19He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    77%

    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

  • 2 Sam 19:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21Abishai son of Zeruiah replied,“For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the LORD’s anointed!”

    22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

    23The king said to Shimei,“You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath concerning this.

  • 2 Sam 16:14
    74%

    14The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David refreshed himself.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-42
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    74%

    36Next the king summoned Shimei and told him,“Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there– but you may not leave there to go anywhere!

    37If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.”

    38Shimei said to the king,“My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

    39Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told,“Look, your servants are in Gath.”

    40So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

    41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

    42the king summoned Shimei and said to him,“You will recall that I made you take an oath by the LORD, and I solemnly warned you,‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me,‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    71%

    41The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    71%

    44Then the king said to Shimei,“You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The LORD will punish you for what you did.

  • Ps 109:17-18
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    71%

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

    18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
    70%

    30As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    70%

    10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • 1 Sam 17:43
    70%

    43The Philistine said to David,“Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    69%

    26Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    69%

    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    69%

    13So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

  • Job 16:10
    69%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    69%

    19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

  • Ps 102:8
    69%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    69%

    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

  • 2 Sam 15:18
    69%

    18All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites– some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king.

  • Ps 109:28
    68%

    28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

  • 1 Sam 17:26-28
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    68%

    26David asked the men who were standing near him,“What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

    27The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying,“This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

    28When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

    13Then David instructed his men,“Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

  • Mark 12:4
    68%

    4So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
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    21Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.