Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And 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.
Whose name
General references
Bible References
Whose name
2 Samuel 19:16
Then Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
1 Kings 2:8
Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
General references
Job 31:29 “Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Orexulted when evil befell him?
Or
Proverbs 17:11 A rebellious man seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.