2 Samuel 16:5
"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."
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- 2 Samuel 3:16
"And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 17:43
"And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:8
"And, 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."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 22:28
"Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:36
"And 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."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 17:18
"Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:2
"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 69:26
"For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 109:16
"Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart."
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