2 Samuel 16:8
the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
Cross References
Judges 9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
2 Samuel 3:28And afterward when David heard it, he said: 'I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner;
2 Samuel 19:19(19-20) And he said unto the king: 'Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did iniquitously the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
1 Kings 2:8And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying: I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Psalms 3:2(3-3) Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah
Psalms 7:4(7-5) If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;
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 →