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2 Samuel 16:5

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As King David arrived at the town of Bahurim, a man from Saul's family was just leaving. His name was Shimei, son of Gera, and he was shouting out curses as he came.

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The king and everyone with him were tired out when they arrived at the Jordan. David rested there.

The king told Ziba, “I give you everything that belongs to Mephibosheth!” “I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May you approve of me, Your Majesty.”

He threw stones at David and all the king's officers, even though the king's men and all his bodyguards surrounded David.

But a boy did see them and he told Absalom. So the two left immediately and went to the house of a man in the town of Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed into it.

Abi-albon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Baharumite;

Her husband followed her to the town of Bahurim, crying as he went. Then Abner ordered him, “Go back home!” So he went home.

There was a Jewish man living in the fortress of Susa named Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite

God has made my bowstring loose and humbled me.

My enemies taunt me all day long. They mock me and swear at me.

When they curse me, you will bless me. When they attack me, you will defeat them. And I, your servant, will be happy.

For they persecute those you have punished, and make it even more painful for those you have disciplined.

because it's the only clothing he has for his body. What would he sleep in otherwise? If he calls out to me for help, I will listen, for I am considerate.

You must not despise God or curse your people's leader.

A curse that isn't deserved won't land on the person, like a fluttering sparrow or a flitting swallow.

Don't talk badly about the king, not even in your thoughts. Don't talk badly about leaders, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird may hear what you say and fly away to tell them.

They will wander around the country, depressed and hungry. When they are starving they will become furious, and looking up they will curse their king and their God.

“Do you think I'm a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?” the Philistine asked David, and he cursed David by his gods.




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