2 Samuel 16:8 - John Wesley's Notes

2 Samuel 16:8

6 And he threw 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.

7 Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You¹ bloodthirsty man, ^ayou rogue!

8 The Lord has ^abrought upon you all ^bthe blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a¹ bloodthirsty man!”

9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this ^adead dog ^bcurse my lord the king? Please, let me go over and take off his head!”

10 But the king said, ^a“What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because ^bthe Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David.’ ^cWho then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

Commentaries:

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2 Samuel 16:8

Of Saul - Either, The blood of Abner and Ishbosheth; which he imputes to David, as if they had been killed by David's contrivance: or, the death of Saul's seven sons, II Samuel 21:8, which, though related after this, seems to have been done before. Art taken - The same mischief thou didst bring upon others, is now returned upon thy own head.

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