2 Samuel 16:5
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 curses.
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.
Note he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed
When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Bahurim
- This place is supposed to be the same as Almon, (Jos 21:18,) and Almeth, (1 Ch 6:60,) a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet.
- 2 Samuel 16:14; 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 17:18
- whose name
- 2 Samuel 19:16–18; 1 Kings 2:8, 9, 36–44, 45, 46
- he came, etc. or, he still came forth and cursed
- cursed.
- Exodus 22:28; 1 Samuel 17:43; Psalm 69:26; Psalm 109:16–19, 28; Proverbs 26:2; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Isaiah 8:21; Matthew 5:11, 12