2 Samuel 16:8 meaning and explanation
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
2 Samuel 16:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Shimei, a Benjamite from Saul's clan, shouts this curse as David flees Jerusalem during Absalom's rebellion. He accuses David of bloodguilt against Saul's house and reads the coup as God's repayment.
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