Verse 5

And when king{H4428} David{H1732} came{H935}{(H8804)} to Bahurim{H980}, behold, thence came out{H3318}{(H8802)} 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 forth{H3318}{(H8802)}, and cursed{H7043}{(H8764)} still as he came{H3318}{(H8800)}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 3:16 : 16 And her husband{H376} went{H3212}{(H8799)} with her along weeping{H1980}{(H8800)}{H1058}{(H8800)} behind{H310} her to Bahurim{H980}. Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Abner{H74} unto him, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, return{H7725}{(H8798)}. And he returned{H7725}{(H8799)}.
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not revile{H7043}{(H8762)} the gods{H430}, nor curse{H779}{(H8799)} the ruler{H5387} of thy people{H5971}.
  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617}, a Benjamite{H1145} of Bahurim{H980}, which cursed{H7043}{(H8765)} me with a grievous{H4834}{(H8737)} curse{H7045} in the day{H3117} when I went{H3212}{(H8800)} to Mahanaim{H4266}: but he came down{H3381}{(H8804)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} me at Jordan{H3383}, and I sware{H7650}{(H8735)} to him by the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, I will not put thee to death{H4191}{(H8686)} with the sword{H2719}. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless{H5352}{(H8762)}: for thou art a wise{H2450} man{H376}, and knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} what thou oughtest to do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto him; but his hoar head{H7872} bring thou down{H3381}{(H8689)} to the grave{H7585} with blood{H1818}.
  • 1 Kgs 2:36-46 : 36 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and called{H7121}{(H8799)} for Shimei{H8096}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Build{H1129}{(H8798)} thee an house{H1004} in Jerusalem{H3389}, and dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} there, and go not forth{H3318}{(H8799)} thence any whither{H575}. 37 For it shall be, that on the day{H3117} thou goest out{H3318}{(H8800)}, and passest over{H5674}{(H8804)} the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}, thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8799)} for certain{H3045}{(H8800)} that thou shalt surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)}: thy blood{H1818} shall be upon thine own head{H7218}. 38 And Shimei{H8096} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, The saying{H1697} is good{H2896}: as my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)}, so will thy servant{H5650} do{H6213}{(H8799)}. And Shimei{H8096} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} unto Achish{H397} son{H1121} of Maachah{H4601} king{H4428} of Gath{H1661}. And they told{H5046}{(H8686)} Shimei{H8096}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, thy servants{H5650} be in Gath{H1661}. 40 And Shimei{H8096} arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and saddled{H2280}{(H8799)} his ass{H2543}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Gath{H1661} to Achish{H397} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} his servants{H5650}: and Shimei{H8096} went{H3212}{(H8799)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} his servants{H5650} from Gath{H1661}. 41 And it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} Solomon{H8010} that Shimei{H8096} had gone{H1980}{(H8804)} from Jerusalem{H3389} to Gath{H1661}, and was come again{H7725}{(H8799)}. 42 And the king{H4428} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and called{H7121}{(H8799)} for Shimei{H8096}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Did I not make thee to swear{H7650}{(H8689)} by the LORD{H3068}, and protested{H5749}{(H8686)} unto thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Know{H3045}{(H8799)} for a certain{H3045}{(H8800)}, on the day{H3117} thou goest out{H3318}{(H8800)}, and walkest{H1980}{(H8804)} abroad any whither{H575}, that thou shalt surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)}? and thou saidst{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, The word{H1697} that I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} is good{H2896}. 43 Why then hast thou not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the oath{H7621} of the LORD{H3068}, and the commandment{H4687} that I have charged{H6680}{(H8765)} thee with? 44 The king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} moreover to Shimei{H8096}, Thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} all the wickedness{H7451} which thine heart{H3824} is privy to{H3045}{(H8804)}, that thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} to David{H1732} my father{H1}: therefore the LORD{H3068} shall return{H7725}{(H8689)} thy wickedness{H7451} upon thine own head{H7218}; 45 And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} shall be blessed{H1288}{(H8803)}, and the throne{H3678} of David{H1732} shall be established{H3559}{(H8737)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} for{H5704} ever{H5769}. 46 So the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Benaiah{H1141} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada{H3077}; which went out{H3318}{(H8799)}, and fell{H6293}{(H8799)} upon him, that he died{H4191}{(H8799)}. And the kingdom{H4467} was established{H3559}{(H8738)} in the hand{H3027} of Solomon{H8010}.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine{H6430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, Am I a dog{H3611}, that thou comest{H935}{(H8802)} to me with staves{H4731}? And the Philistine{H6430} cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} David{H1732} by his gods{H430}.
  • 2 Sam 17:18 : 18 Nevertheless a lad{H5288} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} them, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} Absalom{H53}: but they went{H3212}{(H8799)} both{H8147} of them away quickly{H4120}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to a man's{H376} house{H1004} in Bahurim{H980}, which had a well{H875} in his court{H2691}; whither{H8033} they went down{H3381}{(H8799)}.
  • 2 Sam 19:16-23 : 16 And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617}, a Benjamite{H1145}, which was of Bahurim{H980}, hasted{H4116}{(H8762)} and came down{H3381}{(H8799)} with the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} 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}{H6240} sons{H1121} and his twenty{H6242} servants{H5650} with him; and they went over{H6743}{(H8804)} Jordan{H3383} before{H6440} the king{H4428}. 18 And there went over{H5674}{(H8804)} a ferry boat{H5679} to carry over{H5674}{(H8687)} the king's{H4428} household{H1004}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} what he thought{H5869} good{H2896}. And Shimei{H8096} the son{H1121} of Gera{H1617} fell down{H5307}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}, as he was come over{H5674}{(H8800)} Jordan{H3383}; 19 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, Let not my lord{H113} impute{H2803}{(H8799)} iniquity{H5771} unto me, neither do thou remember{H2142}{(H8799)} that which thy servant{H5650} did perversely{H5753}{(H8689)} the day{H3117} that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} went out{H3318}{(H8804)} of Jerusalem{H3389}, that the king{H4428} should take{H7760}{(H8800)} it to his heart{H3820}. 20 For thy servant{H5650} doth know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}: therefore, behold, I am come{H935}{(H8804)} the first{H7223} this day{H3117} of all the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130} to go down{H3381}{(H8800)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} my lord{H113} the king{H4428}. 21 But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Shall not Shimei{H8096} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)} for this, because he cursed{H7043}{(H8765)} the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899}? 22 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, 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}{(H8714)} this day{H3117} in Israel{H3478}? for do not I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am this day{H3117} king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}? 23 Therefore the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Shimei{H8096}, Thou shalt not die{H4191}{(H8799)}. And the king{H4428} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} unto him.
  • 2 Sam 16:14 : 14 And the king{H4428}, and all the people{H5971} that were with him, came{H935}{(H8799)} weary{H5889}, and refreshed{H5314}{(H8735)} themselves there.
  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute{H7291}{H8804)} him whom thou hast smitten{H5221}{H8689)}; and they talk{H5608}{H8762)} to the grief{H4341} of those whom thou hast wounded{H2491}.
  • Ps 109:16-19 : 16 Because that he remembered{H2142}{(H8804)} not to shew{H6213}{(H8800)} mercy{H2617}, but persecuted{H7291}{(H8799)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34} man{H376}, that he might even slay{H4191}{(H8788)} the broken{H3512}{(H8737)} in heart{H3824}. 17 As he loved{H157}{(H8799)} cursing{H7045}, so let it come{H935}{(H8799)} unto him: as he delighted{H2654}{(H8804)} not in blessing{H1293}, so let it be far{H7368}{(H8799)} from him. 18 As he clothed{H3847}{(H8799)} himself with cursing{H7045} like as with his garment{H4055}, so let it come{H935}{(H8799)} into his bowels{H7130} like water{H4325}, and like oil{H8081} into his bones{H6106}. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment{H899} which covereth{H5844}{(H8799)} him, and for a girdle{H4206} wherewith he is girded{H2296}{(H8799)} continually{H8548}.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse{H7043}{(H8762)}, but bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thou: when they arise{H6965}{(H8804)}, let them be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}; but let thy servant{H5650} rejoice{H8055}{(H8799)}.
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the bird{H6833} by wandering{H5110}{(H8800)}, as the swallow{H1866} by flying{H5774}{(H8800)}, so the curse{H7045} causeless{H2600} shall not come{H935}{(H8799)}.
  • Eccl 10:20 : 20 Curse{H7043}{(H8762)} not the king{H4428}, no not in thy thought{H4093}; and curse{H7043}{(H8762)} not the rich{H6223} in thy bedchamber{H2315}{H4904}: for a bird{H5775} of the air{H8064} shall carry{H3212}{(H8686)} the voice{H6963}, and that which hath{H1167} wings{H3671} shall tell{H5046}{(H8686)} the matter{H1697}.
  • Isa 8:21 : 21 And they shall pass{H5674}{(H8804)} through it, hardly bestead{H7185}{(H8737)} and hungry{H7457}: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry{H7456}{(H8799)}, they shall fret{H7107}{(H8694)} themselves, and curse{H7043}{(H8765)} their king{H4428} and their God{H430}, and look{H6437}{(H8804)} upward{H4605}.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed{G3107} are ye{G2075}{(G5748)}, when{G3752} men shall revile{G3679}{(G5661)} you{G5209}, and{G2532} persecute{G1377}{(G5661)} you, and{G2532} shall say{G2036}{(G5632)} all manner{G3956} of evil{G4190}{G4487} against{G2596} you{G5216} falsely{G5574}{(G5730)}, for my sake{G1752}{G1700}. 12 Rejoice{G5463}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} be exceeding glad{G21}{(G5737)}: for{G3754} great{G4183} is your{G5216} reward{G3408} in{G1722} heaven{G3772}: for{G1063} so{G3779} persecuted they{G1377}{(G5656)} the prophets{G4396} which{G3588} were before{G4253} you{G5216}.