2 Samuel 19:16
in 2 Samuel 19Then 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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseShimei 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
came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king
on 2 Samuel 19:15-18
The crossing at Jordan draws a company from every side: a thousand men of Benjamin under Shimei, Ziba with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, and a ferry boat to carry the king's household over, the first mention of such a vessel anywhere in Scripture. Henry calls the crossing the most solemn since Joshua led Israel over the same river, and notes that David had already remembered Jordan from exile at Psalm 42:6. Two men who had wronged David in his flight, Shimei and Ziba, are both named here crossing to meet him now that he returns.
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 & Brown1802–1910
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).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְמַהֵ֗ר | vaymaher | and he hurried | H4116 → | 68 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֤י | shimi | Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גֵּרָא֙ | gera' | Gera | H1617 → | 9 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] Ben- | H1145 → | 15 times |
| הַיְמִינִ֔י | haymini | <the> jaminite | H1145 → | 15 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים | mibachurim | [was] from Bahurim | H980 → | 5 times |
| וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ | vaiyered | and he came down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לִקְרַ֖את | likrat | to meet | H7122 → | 139 times |
| הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
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 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
Matthew 5:25Reconcile 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?
- Luke 12:58–59
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…
- Philippians 3:8–10
Through
1 Kings 2:8Keep 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…
- 2 Samuel 16:5–8
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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.