2 Samuel 19:23

And the king said to Semei, You shall not die: and the king swore to him.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

In Context

22And David said, What have I to do with you, you⌃ sons of Saruia, that you⌃ as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

24And Memphibosthe the son of Saul's son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 28:10And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, + 28:10 Gr. if injury. no injury shall come upon you on this account.

2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, you⌃ sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why have you done thus?

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:17-24

David Pardons Shimei. ( b. c. 1023.) 16 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. 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king,… Read the whole commentary →

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