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2 Samuel 16:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When King David got to Bahurim, a man belonging to the family of the house of Saul was just coming out.  His name was Shimei son of Gera,  and he was yelling curses as he approached.

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Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Abner said to him, ‘Go back.’ So he went back.


He said to David, ‘Am I a dog  that you come against me with sticks? ’  Then he cursed David by his gods.


‘You must not blaspheme God  or curse a leader among your people.


However, a young man did see them and informed Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.


They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upwards, will curse their king and their God.


Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry the message, and a winged creature may report the matter.


Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.


Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived  exhausted, so they rested there.


The king said to Ziba, ‘All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours! ’ ‘I bow before you,’ Ziba said. ‘May I find favour with you, my lord the king! ’


He threw stones at David and at all the royal  servants, the people and the warriors on David’s right and left.


For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body.  What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I will listen because I am gracious.


Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,


In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai  son of Jair, son of Shimei,  son of Kish,  a Benjaminite.


Because God has loosened my   bowstring and oppressed me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.





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