2 Samuel 16:8
in 2 Samuel 16The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
KJV
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 16
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
All the blood of the house of Saul - Shimei probably put to David’s account the death of Saul, and Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, slain in battle by the Philistines with whom David was in league; of Ish-bosheth, slain in consequence of David’s league with Abner; that of Abner himself, which he attributed to David’s secret orders; and all the 360 slain in the battle between Joab and Abner 2Sa 2:31. Some, too, think that the death of seven men of Saul’s immediate family 2Sa 21:8 had occurred before David’s flight, and was referred to by Shimei.
This site's exposition
His name was Shimei son of Gera
on 2 Samuel 16:5-8
Shimei son of Gera, “from the family of the house of Saul”, meets the king at Bahurim. He throws stones, though the mighty men stand on David's right and left. He calls him a “man of bloodshed” twice and blames him for “all the blood of the house of Saul”.
This site's exposition
in whose place you have reigned
Shimei claims the LORD has repaid David for the blood of Saul's house and handed the kingdom to his son Absalom. John Wesley thinks of Abner and Ish-bosheth, or the seven sons of Saul at 21:8. Matthew Henry calls the charge unjust.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The blood of Abner and Ishbosheth; which he imputes to David, as if they had been killed by David's contrivance: or, 2. the death of Saul's seven sons, chap. xxi, 8, which, though related after this, seems to have been done before. Art taken - The same mischief thou didst bring upon others, is now returned upon thy own head.
It is well for us that men are not to be our judges, but he whose judgment is according to truth. The blood of the house of Saul is here most unjustly charged upon David, [1.] As that which gave him his character, and denominated him a bloody man and a man of Belial,
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֵשִׁיב֩ | heshiv | he has brought back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עָלֶ֨יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כֹּ֣ל׀ | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּמֵ֣י | demei | [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שָׁא֗וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָלַ֙כְתָּ֙ | malakhta | you have reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֔יו | tachto | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
| וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | vaiyiten | and he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה | hamelukhah | the kingship | H4410 → | |
| בְּיַ֖ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| בְּנֶ֑ךָ | benekha | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְהִנְּךָ֙ | vehinekha | and here you | H2005 → | 316 times |
| בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ | beraatekha | [are] in calamity your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | [are] a man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| דָּמִ֖ים | damim | blood<s> | H1818 → | 360 times |
| אָֽתָּה׃ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
הֵשִׁיב֩he has brought back
heshivH7725 →1056 times
עָלֶ֨יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כֹּ֣ל׀all
kolH3605 →5413 times
דְּמֵ֣י[the] blood<s> of
demeiH1818 →360 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
שָׁא֗וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מָלַ֙כְתָּ֙you have reigned
malakhtaH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֔יוin place of him
tachtoH8478 →505 times
וַיִּתֵּ֤ןand he has given
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמְּלוּכָ֔הthe kingship
hamelukhahH4410 →
בְּיַ֖דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אַבְשָׁל֣וֹםAbsalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 times
בְּנֶ֑ךָson your
benekhaH1121 →4930 times
וְהִנְּךָ֙and here you
vehinekhaH2005 →316 times
בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ[are] in calamity your
beraatekhaH7451 →662 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִ֥ישׁ[are] a man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
דָּמִ֖יםblood<s>
damimH1818 →360 times
אָֽתָּה׃you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 1:16For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
it leads to
- Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 19:22
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did…
- 1 Samuel 26:9
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Matthew 27:25
Through
Judges 9:24in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- Psalms 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his…
- 1 Kings 2:32
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.