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Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him

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2 Samuel 16:5–14: when King David comes to Bahurim, a man of the family of Saul’s house comes out, whose name is Shimei, the son of Gera. He comes out and curses as he comes. He casts stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men are on his right hand and on his left. Shimei says when he curses, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!” Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah says to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.” The king says, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” David says to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him. It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.” So David and his men go by the way; and Shimei goes along on the hillside opposite him and curses as he goes, throws stones at him, and throws dust. The king and all the people who are with him arrive weary; and he refreshes himself there. At 16:11 the Korean Revised Version names no speaker, going on from the king of 16:10, and reads 여호와께서 저에게 명하신 것이니, the LORD has commanded him, where WEB has “the LORD has invited him”; at 16:14 it reads 한 곳에 이르러 거기서 쉬니라, they come to a place and rest there.

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2SA 16:5–14, engwebp
⁵When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
⁶He 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.
⁷Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
⁸The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
⁹Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
¹⁰The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
¹¹David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him.
¹²It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
¹³So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
¹⁴The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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David — Took part in — Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him

Evidence: 2 Samuel 16:5–14
Shimei (son of Gera) — Took part in — Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him

Evidence: 2 Samuel 16:5–14
Abishai — Took part in — Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him

Evidence: 2 Samuel 16:5–14
Shimei the son of Gera comes out at Bahurim, curses David, and casts stones at him — Narrated location — Bahurim

Evidence: 2 Samuel 16:5–14

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Current wording: 2 Samuel 16:5–14: when King David comes to Bahurim, a man of the family of Saul’s house comes out, whose name is Shimei, the son of Gera. He comes out and curses as he comes. He casts stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men are on his right hand and on his left. Shimei says when he curses, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!” Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah says to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.” The king says, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” David says to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him. It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.” So David and his men go by the way; and Shimei goes along on the hillside opposite him and curses as he goes, throws stones at him, and throws dust. The king and all the people who are with him arrive weary; and he refreshes himself there. At 16:11 the Korean Revised Version names no speaker, going on from the king of 16:10, and reads 여호와께서 저에게 명하신 것이니, the LORD has commanded him, where WEB has “the LORD has invited him”; at 16:14 it reads 한 곳에 이르러 거기서 쉬니라, they come to a place and rest there.
Cited evidence: 2SA 16:5–14, engwebp
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