2 Samuel 19:23

Therefore the King saide vnto Shimei, Thou shalt not die, and the king sware vnto him.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And Dauid saide, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah, that this day ye should be aduersaries vnto me? shall there any man die this day in Israel? for doe not I know that I am this day King ouer Israel?

24And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king, and had neither washed his feete, nor dressed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, vntill he returned in peace.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 28:10And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing.

2 Samuel 16:10But the King saide, What haue I to doe with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah? for he curseth, eue because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so?

1 Kings 2:37For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

Hebrews 6:16For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

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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