2 Samuel 16:8

Good News Translation (US Version)

You took Saul's kingdom, and now the Lord is punishing you for murdering so many of Saul's family. The Lord has given the kingdom to your son Absalom, and you are ruined, you murderer!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

and David said to the Amalekite, “You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the Lord chose to be king.”

Judges 9:24

This happened so that Abimelech and the men of Shechem, who encouraged him to murder Gideon's seventy sons, would pay for their crime.

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of God's people and of the prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. They are getting what they deserve!”

Psalm 4:2

How long will you people insult me? How long will you love what is worthless and go after what is false?

Psalm 3:2

They talk about me and say, “God will not help him.”

2 Samuel 21:9

David handed them over to the people of Gibeon, who hanged them on the mountain before the Lord—and all seven of them died together. It was late in the spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest, when they were put to death.

2 Samuel 19:21

Abishai son of Zeruiah spoke up: “Shimei should be put to death because he cursed the one whom the Lord chose as king.”

2 Samuel 21:1

During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the Lord about it, and the Lord said, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death.” (

Psalm 55:3

I am terrified by the threats of my enemies, crushed by the oppression of the wicked. They bring trouble on me; they are angry with me and hate me.

2 Samuel 19:19

and said, “Your Majesty, please forget the wrong I did that day you left Jerusalem. Don't hold it against me or think about it any more.

1 Kings 2:8

“There is also Shimei son of Gera, from the town of Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me bitterly the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he met me at the Jordan River, I gave him my solemn promise in the name of the Lord that I would not have him killed.

Proverbs 26:2

Curses cannot hurt you unless you deserve them. They are like birds that fly by and never light.