2 Samuel 16:11
David said to Abishai and to all his officers, “Look, if my very own son is trying to kill me, why shouldn't this Benjamite want to even more! Leave him alone; let him curse me, for the Lord told him to.
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12Perhaps the Lord will see how I'm suffering and will pay me back with good for his curses today.”
Cross References
Genesis 15:4But then the Lord told him, “This man won't be your heir. Your heir will be your very own son.”
2 Samuel 7:2So he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look at me—I live in a palace made of cedar, but the Ark of God is still in a tent.”
2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set off in pursuit of David tonight.
2 Kings 19:37While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword and then ran away to the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him as king.
Isaiah 10:5Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!
Ezekiel 20:25I also let them follow the regulations they wanted that weren't good; laws that wouldn't help them live.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:6-15
David Cursed by Shimei. ( b. c. 1023.) 5 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. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all… Read the whole commentary →