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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 19:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 19:16 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Shemei . . . a thousand men of Benjamin with him--This display of [Shemei's] followers was to show what force he could raise against or in support of the king. 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 Kg1 2:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei [08096] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145] of Bahurim [0980], which cursed [07043] me with a grievous [04834] curse [07045] in the day [03117] when I went [03212] to Mahanaim [04266]: but he came down [03381] to meet [07125] me at Jordan [03383], and I sware [07650] to him by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], I will not put thee to death [04191] with the sword [02719].