2 Samuel 16 (KJV) - Bible Truth Library

Bahurim.This place is supposed to be the same as Almon, (Jos 21:18,) and Almeth, (1 Ch 6:60,) a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet.

2 Sam. 16:14• ¹⁴And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. (2 Sam. 16:14)

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2 Sam. 3:16• ¹⁶And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. (2 Sam. 3:16)

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2 Sam. 17:18• ¹⁸Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. (2 Sam. 17:18)

whose name.

2 Sam. 19:16‑18• ¹⁶And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
¹⁷And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
¹⁸And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; (2 Sam. 19:16‑18)

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1 Kings 2:8‑9,36‑46• ⁸And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
⁹Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
³⁶And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
³⁷For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
³⁸And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
³⁹And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
⁴⁰And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
⁴¹And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
⁴²And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
⁴³Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
⁴⁵And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. (1 Kings 2:8‑9,36‑46)

he came, etc.

or, he still came forth and cursed.

cursed.

Ex. 22:28• ²⁸Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. (Ex. 22:28)

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1 Sam. 17:43• ⁴³And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. (1 Sam. 17:43)

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Psa. 69:26• ²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. (Psa. 69:26)

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Psa. 109:16‑19,28• ¹⁶Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
¹⁷As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
¹⁸As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
¹⁹Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
²⁸Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. (Psa. 109:16‑19,28)

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Prov. 26:2• ²As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. (Prov. 26:2)

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Isa. 8:21• ²¹And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. (Isa. 8:21)

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• God allows this for it is part of His discipline toward David, but it was also Christ's portion: "They hated Me without a cause" (John 15:25). (“Friends and Enemies: 2 Samuel 16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed,