Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
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Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
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And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 16:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 13:13 certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known,
- 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
- 2 Samuel 3:37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 11:15-17 He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.” When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were. The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- 2 Samuel 12:9 Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- 1 Kings 21:10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
- Psalms 5:6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
- Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, man of Belial.
Hebrew, man of Belial.
Hebrew, man of blood.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed,…
2Sa 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
Ver. 7. Come out, come out, &c.] Prima semper irarum tela maledicta aunt: et quod non possumus imbecilli, optamus irati. {a} Calvin {b} maketh mention of an insolent heretic, who, though he had as fair language given him as was possible, yet would never vouchsafe to speak better to that most worthy man than if he had had to deal with a dog.
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Thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial.] Facundia plane canina. With what eagerness barketh this dead dog, no otherwise than if he had fetched every word as far as hell! Such a rabiosus canis was Porphyrie, Genebrard, Scioppius, &c.
{a} Sallust.
{b} Epist. ad Farell.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or rather, go out, as the word properly signifies.…
Or rather, go out, as the word properly signifies. Be gone out of thy kingdom, as thou deservest.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thus said Shimei, when he cursed, come out,…
And thus said Shimei, when he cursed, come out, come out,.... Or rather, "go out, go out" (t); that is, out of the nation, where he deserved not to live, as he judged, and out of the kingdom, which he had usurped, as he supposed; and the repeating the words not only denotes his vehement desire to have him gone, but the haste he should make to get out, or he was liable to be overtaken by Absalom and his forces; upbraiding him also with the hurry he was in, and the speedy flight he was making:
thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial; or wicked man; perhaps referring by these characters in the one to the murder of Uriah, and in the other to his adultery with Bathsheba; and these crimes coming fresh into David's mind hereby, might make him more mild and humble under his reproaches.
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(t) "egredere, egredere", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 16:7-9. Come out — Or rather, go out,…
2Sa 16:7-9. Come out — Or rather, go out, as the Hebrew properly means: begone out of thy kingdom, from which thou deservest to be expelled. Thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial — Probably he says this with a reference to David’s adultery with Bath-sheha, and the killing of Uriah. All the blood of the house of Saul — Either, 1st, The blood of Abner and Ish- bosheth; which he imputes to David, as if they had been killed by David’s contrivance: or, 2d, The death of Saul’s seven sons, 2Sa 21:8, which, though related after this, seems to have taken place before. Thou art taken — The same mischief thou didst bring upon others is now returned upon thy own head. “This surely,” says Delaney, “was one of the severest trials of patience that ever human magnanimity endured. The accusation was notoriously false, and the king could, for that reason, bear it the better; but his servants saw it not in the light of their master’s equanimity, but of his enemy’s insolence. Abishai, David’s nephew, could not bear it; but begged the king’s permission to take off the traitor’s head that uttered it,” saying, Why should this dead dog (an expression of the utmost contempt) curse my lord the king?
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Come out - Rather, “Go out,” namely, of the…
Come out - Rather, “Go out,” namely, of the land, into banishment. Compare Jer 29:16.
Thou bloody man - See the margin. The Lord’s word to David 1Ch 22:8 was probably known to Shimei and now cast in David’s teeth by him, with special reference to the innocent blood of Uriah.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Belial; contemner of the laws, and murderer. (Menochius)
Belial; contemner of the laws, and murderer. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. Come out, come out — Rather, Go! go!…
7. Come out, come out — Rather, Go! go! That is, Away with thee!
Bloody man — So called for the reason given in the following verse.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Come out, come out] Out! out! from the…
7. Come out, come out] Out! out! from the land and from thy kingdom into exile.
thou bloody man] Thou man of blood, thou murderer. Shimei seems to have supplied Cromwell’s army with the terms of its resolution “to call Charles Stuart, that man of blood, to account for the blood he has shed and the mischief he has done to the utmost against the Lord’s cause and people in this poor nation.” Green’s Short History, p. 552.
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thou man of Belial] Thou wicked man. See note on 1Sa_1:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Come out, come out.—Rather, Go out, go out.…
(7) Come out, come out.—Rather, Go out, go out. It is doubtful whether by the words, “thou bloody man,” Shimei meant anything more than that he considered David responsible for “the blood of the house of Saul”, (2Sa_16:8), especially in the case of Ishbosheth and of Abner, and the execution of Saul’s seven descendants at the demand of the Gibeonites (2Sa_21:1-9). Yet he may have known of the crime in regard to Uriah, and have wished to point his curse with the charge of shedding that innocent blood.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Come out; rather, out, out; that is, "get out;…
Come out; rather, out, out; that is, "get out; begone, begone, thou murderer and worthless man." Shimei could scarcely have referred to the murders of Ishbosheth and Abner, which were too remote to have so rankled in his memory; hut as ch. 21. is not in its chronological order, what probably called forth his anger was the surrender of Saul"s sons and grandsons into the hands of the Gibeonites. Shimei, probably, even resented David"s taking the side of the Gibeonites, and treating as a crime to be severely punished what he and all Saul"s partisans regarded as righteous zeal for Israel. The three years" famine, followed by the execution of Saul"s sons, made more tragic by the noble conduct of Rizpah, contributed largely to the revolt of the nation from David, and helps to explain that abandonment of him by the people, which otherwise seems so hard to understand (on the date of the famine, see note on ch. 21.).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 someone who is evil, a criminal or lawbreaker
villain
someone who is evil, a criminal or lawbreaker
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man of blood
Here "blood" refers to all of men he was responsible for killing in battle. AT: "murderer" (See: Metonymy)
Yahweh has repaid
Yahweh repays them by punishing them. This can be stated clearly. AT: "Yahweh has punished" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
for the blood you shed within the family of Saul
Here "blood" refer to people who were killed from Saul's family. The king was responsible for them dying. AT: "for killing many of Saul's family" (See: Metonymy)
in whose place you have reigned
David reigned as king over the same people whom Saul had previously reigned. AT: "in whose place you have reigned as king" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
into the hand of Absalom
Here "hand" refers to control. AT: "into the control of Absalom" (See: Metonymy)
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curse
blood
Yahweh
reign
kingdom
Absalom
ruin
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:7-8 Shimei cursed David, holding him responsible for the…
16:7-8 Shimei cursed David, holding him responsible for the violent death of Saul and his clan.
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