2 Samuel 16:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

BSB

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ASV

And 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?

KJV

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 2.20 (420)

Have recourse, O Lord, always to your mercy, and sustain the weakness of my flesh by your divine assistance. "What have I to do," he says, "with you also, you sons of Zeruiah? Let Shimei curse. The Lord has bidden him to curse David. And who shall say to him, 'Why have you done so?' " For the will of God is not to be discussed but kindly accepted.… Therefore, the commandments of God are possible, which we know David had kept; and, yet, we find holy people growing weary in maintaining justice forever.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 1.48.236-38 (397)

We can show, too, that holy David was like Paul in this same class of virtue. When … Shimei cursed him and charged him with heavy offenses, at the first he was silent and humbled himself, and was silent even about his good deeds, that is, his knowledge of good works. Then he even asked to be cursed; for when he was cursed he hoped to gain divine pity.But see how he stored up humility and justice and prudence so as to merit grace from the Lord!

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And this is ground enough for this expression, the Lord said, not by the word of his precept, but by the word of his providence, in respect whereof he is said to command the ravens, 1 Kings xvii, 4, and to send forth his word to senseless creatures, Psalm 1xlvii, 15, 18.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Because the Lord hath said - The particle וכי vechi should be translated for if, not because. For If the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David, who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is, however, only the confines of the district that are here meant. Shimei, . . . a man of the family of Saul--The misfortune of his family, and the occupation by David of what they considered their rightful possessions, afforded a natural, if not a justifiable cause for this ebullition of rude insults and violence.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
לִּ֥י	li	[is] to me
וְלָכֶ֖ם	ve.la.Khem	and to <the> you
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	O sons of	H1121 →
צְרֻיָ֑ה	tze.ru.Yah	Zeruiah	H6870 →
כֹּ֣ה	ki	thus	H3541 →
יְקַלֵּ֗ל	ye.ka.Lel	he is cursing	H7043 →
כִּ֤י	ve.khi	for	H3588 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אָ֤מַר	'A.mar	he has said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
קַלֵּ֣ל	ka.Lel	curse	H7043 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וּמִ֣י	u.Mi	and who?	H4310 →
יֹאמַ֔ר	yo.Mar	will he say	H559 →
מַדּ֖וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
עָשִׂ֥יתָה	'a.Si.tah	have you done	H6213 →
כֵּֽן׃ ס	Ken	thus	H3651 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
leads to
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 119:71
  It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Genesis 45:5–8
  And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Genesis 37:18–20
  Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Acts 2:23
  He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
Through
1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
leads to
- Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 Peter 4:19
  So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Through
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
leads to
- Isaiah 29:16
  You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of…

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