Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
2 Samuel 3:37 - Tree of Life Version So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king’s will to kill Abner son of Ner. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's will to slay Abner son of Ner. American Standard Version (1901) So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. Common English Bible So on that day all the troops and all Israel knew that it wasn’t the king’s idea to kill Abner, Ner’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version And every common person, and all of Israel, realized on that day that the killing of Abner, the son of Ner, had not been done by the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain. |
Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
All the people took note of it and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people.
Then the king said to his soldiers, “Don’t you realize that a prince and a great man has fallen in Israel today?
Thus Adonai will return his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he—Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah—and killed them with the sword, without my father David’s knowledge.
of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner;
The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.