2Sa 16:5-8 | NASB1995 | STEP | When King David came to Bahurim , behold , there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei , the son of Gera ; he came out cursing continually as he came .

2 Samuel 16:5-8

David Is Cursed

5 When King David came to ^aBahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul ^bwhose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out ^ccursing continually as he came. 6 He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left. 7 Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, ^dyou man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow! 8 ^e“The Lord has returned upon you all ^fthe bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!”