all the blood of the house of Saul Shimei probably refers to the deaths of Saul and his sons at Gilboa, of Abner and Ish-bosheth by treacherous murder, charging David with the guilt of crimes which he had repudiated and punished: possibly also he regarded the execution of Saul's sons (ch. 2 Samuel 21:1-9), which in all probability had taken place before this time, as a judicial murder. Shimei would not intend to refer to Uriah, though David would feel that it was for his death that the curse was not undeserved.

behold, thou art taken to thy mischief Rather, behold, thou art in thy calamity. Tois the original reading of 1611; inof ordinary editions first appeared in the edition of 1629. To thy mischief= to thy hurt, a free paraphrase of the Vulg. premunt te mala tua.

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