2 Samuel 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the LORD.
2 Samuel 3:37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in My sight? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten with the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to be thy wife, and him thou hast slain with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 21:13And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him; and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying: 'Naboth did curse God and the king.' Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Psalms 5:6(5-7) Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.
Psalms 55:4(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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 →