2 Samuel 16:8

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
returned	הֵשִׁיב֩ he.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
blood	דְּמֵ֣י de.Mei	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · noun, common masculine plural construct
house	בֵית veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Saul	שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
reigned	מָלַ֙כְתָּ֙ ma.Lakh.ta	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
delivered	וַיִּתֵּ֤ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kingdom	הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה ha.me.lu.Khah	H4410	something ruled · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
hand	בְּיַ֖ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Absalom	אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name
son	בְּנֶ֑ךָ be.Ne.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
mischief	בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ be.Ra.'a.Te.kha	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bloody	דָּמִ֖ים da.Mim	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · noun, common masculine plural absolute
man	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.
Judges 9:24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which sl…
Judges 9:56-57 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
2 Samuel 3:28-29 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
1 Kings 2:32-33 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword…
2 Samuel 4:8-12 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine en…
2 Samuel 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together,…
Psalms 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:5-14

We here find how David bore Shimei's curses much better than he had borne Ziba's flatteries. By the latter he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by the former to pass a right judgment on himself. The world's smiles are more dangerous than its frowns. Observe here, I. How insolent and furious Shimei was, and how his malice took occasion from David's present distress to be so much the more outrageous. David, in his flight, had come to Bahurim, a city of Benjamin in or near which this Shimei lived, who, being of the house of Saul (with the fall of which all his hopes of preferment fell), had an implacable enmity to David, unjustly looking upon him as the ruin of Saul and his famil…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 16:5

SHIMEI CURSES DAVID. (Sa2 16:5-19) when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (Sa2 3:16; Sa2 19:16). It is, however, only the confines of the district that are here meant. Shimei, . . . a man of the family of Saul--The misfortune of his family, and the occupation by David of what they considered their rightful possessions, afforded a natural, if not a justifiable cause for this ebullition of rude insults and violence. He upbraided David as an ambitious usurper, and charged him, as one whose misdeeds had recoiled upon his own head, to surrender a throne to which he was not entitled. His language was that of a man incensed by the wrongs that he conceived had been done to his house.…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 16:5

David came to Bahurim - This place lay northward of Jerusalem, in the tribe of Benjamin. It is called Almon, Jos 21:18; and Alemeth, Ch1 6:60. Bahurim signifies youths, and Almuth youth; so the names are of the same import. Cursed still as he came - Used imprecations and execrations.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,.... Which he would suggest was shed by David, or, however, that he was the cause of its being shed; as if he had stirred up the Philistines to that battle in which Saul and his sons were slain, and had an hand secretly in the deaths of Ishbosheth and Abner, all which were false insinuations; and it may be the seven sons of Saul before this time, though after related, were delivered into the hands of the Gibeonites to be hanged, to which respect may be had: in whose stead thou hast reigned; not by right, but by usurpation he suggests: and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; in this he seem…

Dictionary and topics

Shimei — Famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim…
Clemency · .Shimei — .Shimei
Cursing · Shimei curses David — Shimei curses David
Reviling And Reproaching · Exemplified: Shimei — Exemplified: Shimei
Shimei · .Curses David; David’ s magnanimity toward — .Curses David; David’ s magnanimity toward
Tob · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 16:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:5-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 16:5

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 16:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 16:8

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 16:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:5-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 16:5

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 16:5

John Gill on 2 Samuel 16:8

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 16:7-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 16:8

Rashi on 2 Samuel 16:1