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2 Samuel 19:16

in 2 Samuel 19

Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

KJV

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Shimei the son of Gera - It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftain in the land; for he had here, in his retinue, no less than a thousand men.

This site's exposition

the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him

on 2 Samuel 19:15-18

The men of Judah come to Gilgal to escort the king across the Jordan. Shimei son of Gera hurries down with a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba comes with “his fifteen sons and twenty servants”. Matthew Henry sets the crossing beside Joshua's crossing of the same river.

This site's exposition

a Benjamite from Bahurim

Albert Barnes thinks Shimei moved once he saw Judah unanimous for the king, and came with a Benjamite force to make his peace. Adam Clarke takes the thousand men as proof that he was a chieftain of weight. David could hardly strike such a man that day.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Expressing the deepest regret for his former outrageous conduct, he was pardoned on the spot; and although the son of Zeruiah urged the expediency of making this chief a public example, his officiousness was repulsed by David with magnanimity, and with the greater confidence that he felt himself now re-established in the kingdom (see on 1Ki 2:8).
Shimei being aware that Judah was unanimous in recalling the king, lost no time in trying to make his peace with David, by bringing a large Benjamite force with him.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְמַהֵ֗רand he hurried

    vaymaherH4116 →68 times

  • שִׁמְעִ֤יShimei

    shimiH8096 →43 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • גֵּרָא֙Gera

    gera'H1617 →9 times

  • בֶּן־[the] Ben-

    ben-H1145 →15 times

  • הַיְמִינִ֔י<the> jaminite

    hayminiH1145 →15 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים[was] from Bahurim

    mibachurimH980 →5 times

  • וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙and he came down

    vaiyeredH3381 →381 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לִקְרַ֖אתto meet

    likratH7122 →139 times

  • הַמֶּ֥לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • דָּוִֽד׃David

    davidH1732 →999 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Matthew 5:25

    Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and…

    it leads to

    • Luke 12:58–59

      Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to…

    • Proverbs 25:8

      do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

    • Hebrews 3:13

      But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

    • Isaiah 55:6–7

      Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

    • Luke 14:31–32

      Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

  • Through

    Job 2:4

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 3:8–10

      More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…

    • Matthew 6:25

      Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…

  • Through

    1 Kings 2:8

    Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 16:5–8

      As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Samuel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.