2 Samuel 17:18
Hebrew Text— 2 Samuel 17:18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
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Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”
The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.