2 Samuel 16:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

2 Samuel 16:11 —

Old words in this verse

bowels: — deep feelings, heartfelt compassion.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 10:5-7
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. …
Ezekiel 20:25
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Genesis 15:4
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
2 Samuel 17:1-4
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Anger Blessing Clemency Contentment David Despondency Enquiring of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

5-12. when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (2Sa 3:16; 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 u…