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Verse	Translation	Text
2Sa 16:5	Strong Concordance	And when king [04428] David [01732] came [0935] to Bahurim [0980], behold, thence came out [03318] a man [0376] of the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], whose name [08034] was Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Gera [01617]: he came forth [03318], and cursed [07043] still as he came [03318].
	King James	And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
SHIMEI CURSES DAVID. (Sa2 16:5-19) when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (Sa2 3:16; Sa2 19:16). 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. He upbraided David as an ambitious usurper, and charged him, as one whose misdeeds had recoiled upon his own head, to surrender a throne to which he was not entitled. His language was that of a man incensed by the wrongs that he conceived had been done to his house. David was guiltless of the crime of which Shimei accused him; but his conscience reminded him of other flagrant iniquities; and he, therefore, regarded the cursing of this man as a chastisement from heaven. His answer to Abishai's proposal evinced the spirit of deep and humble resignation--the spirit of a man who watched the course of Providence, and acknowledged Shimei as the instrument of God's chastening hand. One thing is remarkable, that he acted more independently of the sons of Zeruiah in this season of great distress than he could often muster courage to do in the days of his prosperity and power.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

SHIMEI CURSES DAVID. (Sa2 16:5-19)

when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (Sa2 3:16; Sa2 19:16). 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. He upbraided David as an ambitious usurper, and charged him, as one whose misdeeds had recoiled upon his own head, to surrender a throne to which he was not entitled. His language was that of a man incensed by the wrongs that he conceived had been done to his house. David was guiltless of the crime of which Shimei accused him; but his conscience reminded him of other flagrant iniquities; and he, therefore, regarded the cursing of this man as a chastisement from heaven. His answer to Abishai's proposal evinced the spirit of deep and humble resignation--the spirit of a man who watched the course of Providence, and acknowledged Shimei as the instrument of God's chastening hand. One thing is remarkable, that he acted more independently of the sons of Zeruiah in this season of great distress than he could often muster courage to do in the days of his prosperity and power.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Bahurim - See Sa2 3:16 note. It seems to have lain off the road, on a ridge Sa2 16:13, separated from it by a narrow ravine, so that Shimei was out of easy reach though within hearing, and within a stone's throw Sa2 16:6, Sa2 16:9. Shimei, the son of Gera - In the title to Ps. 7 he is apparently called "Cush the Benjamite." On Gera, see Jdg 3:15 note.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Shimei's cursing. - Sa2 16:5, Sa2 16:6. When the king had come to Bahurim, on the other side of the Mount of Olives, but not far off (see at Sa2 3:16), there came out of that place a man of the family of the house of Saul, i.e., a distant relation of Saul, cursing him; and he pelted David and all his servants with stones, although all the people and all the heroes (the household troops and body-guard: Sa2 15:17-18) were (marking) on the right and left of the king. The words "all the people," etc., are a circumstantial clause.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
David came to Bahurim - This place lay northward of Jerusalem, in the tribe of Benjamin. It is called Almon, Jos 21:18; and Alemeth, Ch1 6:60. Bahurim signifies youths, and Almuth youth; so the names are of the same import. Cursed still as he came - Used imprecations and execrations.

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¹⁶ And Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], which was of Bahurim [0980], hasted [04116] and came down [03381] with the men [0376] of Judah [03063] to meet [07125] king [04428] David [01732].

¹⁶ And her husband [0376] went [03212] with her along weeping [01980] [01058] behind [0310] her to Bahurim [0980]. Then said [0559] Abner [074] unto him, Go [03212], return [07725]. And he returned [07725].

⁵ And when king [04428] David [01732] came [0935] to Bahurim [0980], behold, thence came out [03318] a man [0376] of the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], whose name [08034] was Shimei [08096], the son [01121] of Gera [01617]: he came forth [03318], and cursed [07043] still as he came [03318].
⁶ And he cast [05619] stones [068] at David [01732], and at all the servants [05650] of king [04428] David [01732]: and all the people [05971] and all the mighty men [01368] were on his right hand [03225] and on his left [08040].
⁷ And thus said [0559] Shimei [08096] when he cursed [07043], Come out [03318], come out [03318], thou bloody [01818] man [0376], and thou man [0376] of Belial [01100]:
⁸ The LORD [03068] hath returned [07725] upon thee all the blood [01818] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], in whose stead thou hast reigned [04427]; and the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] the kingdom [04410] into the hand [03027] of Absalom [053] thy son [01121]: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief [07451], because thou art a bloody [01818] man [0376].
⁹ Then said [0559] Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] unto the king [04428], Why should this dead [04191] dog [03611] curse [07043] my lord [0113] the king [04428]? let me go over [05674], I pray thee, and take off [05493] his head [07218].
¹⁰ And the king [04428] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870]? so let him curse [07043], because the LORD [03068] hath said [0559] unto him, Curse [07043] David [01732]. Who shall then say [0559], Wherefore hast thou done so [06213]?
¹¹ And David [01732] said [0559] to Abishai [052], and to all his servants [05650], Behold, my son [01121], which came forth [03318] of my bowels [04578], seeketh [01245] my life [05315]: how much more now may this Benjamite [01145] do it? let him alone [03240], and let him curse [07043]; for the LORD [03068] hath bidden [0559] him.
¹² It may be that the LORD [03068] will look [07200] on mine affliction [05869] [06040], and that the LORD [03068] will requite [07725] me good [02896] for his cursing [07045] this day [03117].
¹³ And as David [01732] and his men [0582] went [03212] by the way [01870], Shimei [08096] went along [01980] on the hill's [02022] side [06763] over against [05980] him, and cursed [07043] as he went [01980], and threw [05619] stones [068] at [05980] him, and cast [06080] dust [06083].
¹⁴ And the king [04428], and all the people [05971] that were with him, came [0935] weary [05889], and refreshed [05314] themselves there.
¹⁵ And Absalom [053], and all the people [05971] the men [0376] of Israel [03478], came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389], and Ahithophel [0302] with him.
¹⁶ And it came to pass, when Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757], David's [01732] friend [07463], was come [0935] unto Absalom [053], that Hushai [02365] said [0559] unto Absalom [053], God save [02421] the king [04428], God save [02421] the king [04428].
¹⁷ And Absalom [053] said [0559] to Hushai [02365], Is this thy kindness [02617] to thy friend [07453]? why wentest [01980] thou not with thy friend [07453]?
¹⁸ And Hushai [02365] said [0559] unto Absalom [053], Nay; but whom the LORD [03068], and this people [05971], and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], choose [0977], his will I be, and with him will I abide [03427].
¹⁹ And again [08145], whom should I serve [05647]? should I not serve in the presence [06440] of his son [01121]? as I have served [05647] in thy father's [01] presence [06440], so will I be in thy presence [06440].

¹⁵ But when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], the LORD [03068] raised them up [06965] a deliverer [03467], Ehud [0164] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], a man [0376] lefthanded [0334] [03225]: and by him [03027] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] a present [04503] unto Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124].

⁹ Then said [0559] Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] unto the king [04428], Why should this dead [04191] dog [03611] curse [07043] my lord [0113] the king [04428]? let me go over [05674], I pray thee, and take off [05493] his head [07218].

⁶ And he cast [05619] stones [068] at David [01732], and at all the servants [05650] of king [04428] David [01732]: and all the people [05971] and all the mighty men [01368] were on his right hand [03225] and on his left [08040].

¹³ And as David [01732] and his men [0582] went [03212] by the way [01870], Shimei [08096] went along [01980] on the hill's [02022] side [06763] over against [05980] him, and cursed [07043] as he went [01980], and threw [05619] stones [068] at [05980] him, and cast [06080] dust [06083].

¹⁷ And the king [04428] went forth [03318], and all the people [05971] after [07272] him, and tarried [05975] in a place [01004] that was far off [04801] [01023].
¹⁸ And all his servants [05650] passed on [05674] beside [03027] him; and all the Cherethites [03774], and all the Pelethites [06432], and all the Gittites [01663], six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] which came [0935] after [07272] him from Gath [01661], passed on [05674] before [06440] the king [04428].

⁶⁰ And out of the tribe [04294] of Benjamin [01144]; Geba [01387] with her suburbs [04054], and Alemeth [05964] with her suburbs [04054], and Anathoth [06068] with her suburbs [04054]. All their cities [05892] throughout their families [04940] were thirteen [07969] [06240] cities [05892].

¹⁸ Anathoth [06068] with her suburbs [04054], and Almon [05960] with her suburbs [04054]; four [0702] cities [05892].