Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 16:7
Or rather, go out, as the word properly signifies. Be gone out of thy kingdom, as thou deservest.
Or rather, go out, as the word properly signifies. Be gone out of thy kingdom, as thou deservest.
COME OUT - Rather, “Go out,” namely, of the land, into banishment. Compare Jeremiah 29:16. THOU BLOODY MAN - See the margin. The Lord’s word to David 1 Chronicles 22:8 was probably known to Shimei and...
6. THE SORROWS AND TESTINGS OF THE KING CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Lying Ziba (2 Samuel 16:1)_ 2. Shimei curses and stones David (2 Samuel 16:5) 3. Absalom enters Jerusalem (2 Samuel 16:15) 4
Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal (2 Samuel 4:4), with a present of two asses laden with provisions. Ziba, representing that Meri-baal h...
COME OUT. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6): i.e. out -Be-gone! or Get out! BLOODY MAN. man of bloods (plural denoting much blood). THOU MAN OF BELIAL. Compare 1 Samuel 1:16; 1 Samuel 10:27....
_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 r...
David cursed by Shimei 5. _Bahurim_ See note on ch. 2 Samuel 3:16. _Shimei_ See ch. 2 Samuel 19:16-23; 1 Kings 2:8-9. His connexion with the clan of Saul accounts for the virulence of his hatred
DISCOURSE: 321 DAVID’S PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE 2 Samuel 16:5. 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...
WHEN KING DAVID CAME TO BAHURIM, BEHOLD, THENCE CAME OUT—SHIMEI—AND CURSED.— This vile and calumnious treatment of Shimei was one of the severest trials of patience that ever human magnanimity endured...
2. The Role of Absalom in Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 16:1-23. _The People Divided._ 2 Samuel 16:1-14 And when David was a little past the top _of the hill,_ behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him,...
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
ZIBA, SHIMEI, AND AHITHOPHEL David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise counsel of Ahithophel....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 16 DAVID AND ZIBA V1 David had just passed the top of the hill. Ziba, who was Mephibosheth’s servant, met David. Ziba had a row of...
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...
וְ כֹֽה ־אָמַ֥ר שִׁמְעִ֖י בְּ קַֽלְלֹ֑ו צֵ֥א
CHAPTER XXI. _ FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM._ 2 Samuel 16:1; 2 Samuel 17:15 and 2 Samuel 17:24. AS David proceeds on his painful journey, there flows from his heart a gentle current of humble contrite
A DAY THAT REVEALED CHARACTER 2 Samuel 16:1 There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:24. Shimei vented the spleen of the house of Saul. He probabl...
David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduce an absent friend, was utterly despicable, and the...
_Belial; contemner of the laws, and murderer. (Menochius)_...
(5) В¶ 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. (6) An...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 THROUGH 20. David's partiality for Absalom had yet other and more painful results, and heavy chastisements. It is painful to see the conqueror of Goliath d...
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 h...
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 imb...
_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...
1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions, obtaineth his masters inheritance. 5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth Dauid. 9 Dauid with patience abstaineth, and restraineth others from reuenge. 15 Hushai insi...
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, literally, "Out, out," namely, out of the kingdom and out of the land, THOU BLOODY MAN, probably with reference to Ishbosheth and Abner, for he...
ZIBA AND SHIMEI...
Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisins and summer fruits, as well as a skin of wine. Qu...
BLOODY MAN: _ Heb._ man of blood...
5-14 David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are m...
2 Samuel 16:7 Shimei H8096 said H559 (H8804) cursed H7043 (H8763) out H3318 (H8798) out H3318 ...
DAVID IS CURSED BY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL (2 SAMUEL 16:5). We will have noted that up to this point each person who had approached David had been evidence to him that YHWH was with him: · The...
CONTENTS: False servant of Mephibosheth. Shimea curses David. Absalom takes Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abishai, Ziba, Shimei, Absalom, Hushai, Ahitophel. CONCLUSION: A humble and tender spir...
2 Samuel 16:3. _Where is thy master's son?_ Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth, a prince at the mercy of a covetous and a lying serva...
_Shimei the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came._ THE FORBEARANCE OF DAVID TOWARDS SHIMEI I. The provocation David received. 1. The most irritating by which the patience of man w...
_And when David was a little past the top of the hill._ IMPATIENCE AND SUBMISSION Mephibosheth, it will be recollected, was the only son of Jonathan. Now, when David was a little past the top of the...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:5. “BAHURIM.” (See note on 2 Samuel 3:16). 2 Samuel 16:6. “ON HIS RIGHT HAND,” etc. _i.e._, “On the right and left of the king.” _(Keil)_....
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 16:1 ZIBA THE SERVANT OF MEPHIBOSHETH. It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself, that unscrupulous men use them for selfish purposes. For tho...
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys that were loaded down with bread, raisins, summer fruits, a bottle of wine. Dav...
1 Kings 21:10; 1 Kings 21:13; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 25:17;...