2 Samuel 16:7
in 2 Samuel 16And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
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ASV
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:
KJV
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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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)
Come out - Rather, “Go out,” namely, of the land, into banishment. Compare Jer 29:16. Thou bloody man - See the margin. The Lord’s word to David 1Ch 22:8 was probably known to Shimei and now cast in David’s teeth by him, with special reference to the innocent blood of Uriah.
This site's exposition
whose name was Shimei
on 2 Samuel 16:5-8
Shimei is of Saul's own house, and he meets the king at Bahurim with stones and a curse that names David a bloody man twice over. His charge blames David for the blood of Saul's line, though the text elsewhere lays that blood at other doors, and some read into thou bloody man an echo of Uriah, the innocent blood David actually shed. The curse is public and physical, thrown stones and dust alongside words, before David's own mighty men on his right hand and his left.
This site's exposition
Get out, get out
Shimei yelled curses at David, telling him to get out as a worthless man of bloodshed. Albert Barnes reads the cry as a call for David to go into exile. Shimei blames the king for the blood of Saul's house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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,
15 ), and who was a murderer from the beginning. Bloody men are the worst of men. [2.] As that which brought the present trouble upon him: "Now that thou art dethroned, and driven out to the wilderness, the Lord has returned upon thee the blood of the house of Saul. " See how forward malicious men are to press God's judgments into the service of their own passion and revenge.
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And thus said Shimei, when he cursed, come out, come out,....
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֹֽה־ | vekhoh- | and thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֖י | shimi | Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ | bekalo | when cursed he | H7043 → | 82 times |
| צֵ֥א | tze' | get out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| צֵ֛א | tze' | get out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | O man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַדָּמִ֖ים | hadamim | <the> blood<s> | H1818 → | 360 times |
| וְאִ֥ישׁ | veish | and O man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ | habeliyaal | <the> worthlessness | H1100 → | 27 times |
וְכֹֽה־and thus
vekhoh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֥רhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
שִׁמְעִ֖יShimei
shimiH8096 →43 times
בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹwhen cursed he
bekaloH7043 →82 times
צֵ֥אget out
tze'H3318 →1067 times
צֵ֛אget out
tze'H3318 →1067 times
אִ֥ישׁO man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הַדָּמִ֖ים<the> blood<s>
hadamimH1818 →360 times
וְאִ֥ישׁand O man of
veishH376 →1663 times
הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃<the> worthlessness
habeliyaalH1100 →27 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
1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
it leads to
- Acts 6:11
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 22:28
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
- Acts 6:11
Through
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
it leads to
- Romans 1:28–30
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
- Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Judges 2:10
After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- 2 Corinthians 6:15
What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
- Romans 1:28–30
Through
1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 13:13
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 13:13
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.