KJV King James Version
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
WEB World English Bible
Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
ASV American Standard Version
And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who is from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 19
13 And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent [this word] unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
17 And [there were] a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
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וַיְמַהֵ֗רH4116 · ma.harto hastenשִׁמְעִ֤יH8096 · shim.iShimeiבֶן־H1121 · benson: childגֵּרָא֙H1617 · ge.raGeraבֶּן־H1145 · ben-y.mi.niBenjaminiteהַיְמִינִ֔יH1145 · ben-y.mi.niBenjaminiteאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichמִבַּֽחוּרִ֑יםH980 · ba.chu.rimBahurimוַיֵּ֙רֶד֙H3381 · ya.radto go downעִם־H5973 · imwithאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahלִקְרַ֖אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetהַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingדָּוִֽד׃H1732 · da.vidDavid
Cross-references
1 Kings 2:8And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.2 Samuel 16:5-13And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.Job 2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.1 Kings 2:36-46And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.Proverbs 6:4-5Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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