撒母耳记下 16:11

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛又對亞比篩和他所有的臣僕說：“看哪！連我親生的兒子尚且尋索我的命，何況這便雅憫人呢？由他去吧，由他咒罵吧！因為這是耶和華吩咐他的。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 又 对 亚 比 筛 和 众 臣 仆 说 ： 我 亲 生 的 儿 子 尚 且 寻 索 我 的 性 命 ， 何 况 这 便 雅 悯 人 呢 ？ 由 他 咒 骂 罢 ！ 因 为 这 是 耶 和 华 吩 咐 他 的 。

Contextual Overview

⁵ As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out and cursed him. He was from Saul's family group, and his name was Shimei son of Gera. ⁶ He threw stones at David and his officers, but the people and soldiers gathered all around David. ⁷ Shimei cursed David, saying, "Get out, get out, you murderer, you troublemaker. ⁸ The Lord is punishing you for the people in Saul's family you killed! You took Saul's place as king, but now the Lord has given the kingdom to your son Absalom! Now you are ruined because you are a murderer!" ⁹ Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse you, the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!" ¹⁰ But the king answered, "This does not concern you, sons of Zeruiah! If he is cursing me because the Lord told him to, who can question him?" ¹¹ David also said to Abishai and all his officers, "My own son is trying to kill me! This man is a Benjaminite and has more right to kill me! Leave him alone, and let him curse me because the Lord told him to do this. ¹² Maybe the Lord will see my misery and repay me with something good for Shimei's curses today!" ¹³ So David and his men went on down the road, but Shimei followed on the nearby hillside. He kept cursing David and throwing stones and dirt at him. ¹⁴ When the king and all his people arrived at the Jordan, they were very tired, so they rested there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Behold: 2 Samuel 12:11, 2 Samuel 12:12

came forth: 2 Samuel 7:2, Genesis 15:4

seeketh: 2 Samuel 17:1-4, 2 Kings 19:37, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Matthew 10:21

the Lord: Isaiah 10:5-7, Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 20:25

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:19 - stirred 2 Samuel 10:12 - the Lord 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently 1 Kings 11:23 - God 1 Kings 12:16 - So Israel 1 Chronicles 19:13 - let the Lord 2 Chronicles 10:16 - So all Israel Esther 2:21 - and sought Psalms 25:19 - Consider Psalms 27:10 - When Psalms 109:16 - slay Psalms 131:2 - quieted Jeremiah 34:22 - I will command Jeremiah 50:21 - and do Micah 7:6 - son Micah 7:9 - bear Matthew 10:36 - General 1 Timothy 1:9 - murderers Philemon 1:12 - mine

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptian slave masters hurt them. I am concerned about their pain,

Exodus 3:9
I have heard the cries of the people of Israel, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.

1 Samuel 1:20
So Hannah became pregnant, and in time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "His name is Samuel because I asked the Lord for him."

Job 38:41
Who gives food to the birds when their young cry out to God and wander about without food?

Psalms 22:24
He does not ignore those in trouble. He doesn't hide from them but listens when they call out to him.

Isaiah 7:14
The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a son, and she will name him Immanuel.

Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, "Zechariah, don't be afraid. God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to a son, and you will name him John.

Luke 1:31
Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Luke 1:63
Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John," and everyone was surprised.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said to Abishai, and all his servants,.... In order to make them easy, and reconcile them to this usage of him:

behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life; meaning Absalom:

how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? who was not only of the same tribe that Saul was, but of the same family, and so bore an ill will to David because of his succession in the throne:

let him alone, and let him curse; do nothing to restrain him, not even by words, and much less by any violent actions, and still less by taking away his life:

for the Lord hath bidden him; in the sense explained in 2 Samuel 16:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 16:11. Let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. — No soul of man can suppose that ever God bade one man to curse another, much less that he commanded such a wretch as Shimei to curse such a man as David; but this is a peculiarity of the Hebrew language, which does not always distinguish between permission and commandment. Often the Scripture attributes to God what he only permits to be done; or what in the course of his providence he does not hinder. David, however, considers all this as being permitted of God for his chastisement and humiliation. I cannot withhold from my readers a very elegant poetic paraphrase of this passage, from the pen of the Rev. Charles Wesley, one of the first of Christian poets: -

"Pure from the blood of Saul in vain,

He dares not to the charge reply:

Uriah's doth the charge maintain,

Uriah's doth against him cry!

Let Shimei curse: the rod he bears

For sins which mercy had forgiven:

And in the wrongs of man reveres

The awful righteousness of heaven.

Lord, I adore thy righteous will,

Through every instrument of ill

My Father's goodness see;

Accept the complicated wrong

Of Shimei's hand and Shimei's tongue

As kind rebukes from THEE."