2 Samuel 19 · Verse 16

2 Samuel 19:16

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.
2 Samuel 19:16, King James Version

2 Samuel 19:16 in other translations

BSBThen Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
WEBShimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
ASVAnd Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
YLTand Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who is from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,
DARBYAnd Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
BBEAnd Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;
WebsterAnd Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

What does 2 Samuel 19:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:16-23
16-23. Shemei ... a thousand men of Benjamin with him--This display of [Shemei's] followers was to show what force he could raise against or in support of the king. Expressing the deepest regret for his former outrageous conduct, he was pardoned on the spot; and although the son of Zeruiah urged the expediency of making this chief a public example, his officiousness was repulsed by David with magnanimity, and with the greater confidence that he felt himself now re-established in the kingdom (see on 1Ki 2:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Shimei the son of Gera - It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftain in the land; for he had here, in his retinue, no less than a thousand men.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:16-23
Those who now slight and abuse the Son of David, would be glad to make their peace when he shall come in his glory; but it will be too late. Shimei lost no time. His abuse had been personal, and with the usual right feeling of good men, David could more easily forgive it.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 19:16 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְמַהֵ֗רvay.ma.Herand he hurriedH4116
שִׁמְעִ֤יshim.'IShimeiH8096
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
גֵּרָא֙ge.Ra'GeraH1617
בֶּן\־ben-[the] Ben-H1145
הַיְמִינִ֔יhay.mi.Ni<the> jaminiteH1145
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhoH834
מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑יםmi.ba.chu.Rim[was] from BahurimH980
וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙vai.Ye.redand he came downH3381
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לִקְרַ֖אתlik.Ratto meetH7122
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
דָּוִֽד\׃da.VidDavidH1732

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 19:16

  • 1 Kings 2:8

    And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

  • 2 Samuel 16:5-13

    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. 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. And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 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 thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. …

  • Matthew 5:25

    Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

  • 1 Kings 2:36-46

    And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. …

  • Proverbs 6:4-5

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shimei.It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftain in the land; for he had here in his retinue no less than a thousand men.
16:5-13; 1Ki 2:8,36-46
hasted.
Job 2:4; Pr 6:4,5; Mt 5:25

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 19:15

    So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

  • 2 Samuel 19:16

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 19:17

    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.

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2 Samuel 19:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Semei hijo de Gera, hijo de Benjamín, que era de Bahurim, dióse priesa á venir con los hombres de Judá á recibir al rey David;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi s’en retourna, et vint jusqu’au Jourdain; et Juda vint à Guilgal pour aller à la rencontre du roi, pour faire passer au roi le Jourdain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da eilte Simei, der Sohn Geras, der Benjaminiter, der von Bachurim war, und kam mit den Männern von Juda herab, dem König David entgegen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Festinavit autem Semei filius Gera filii Jemini de Bahurim, et descendit cum viris Juda in occursum regis David,