2 Samuel 16:5

“And when King David came to Bahurim, etc.] The Targum is, Alemath, perhaps the same that is said to be a city of the Levites, given unto them out of the tribe of Benjamin, (<130660>1 Chronicles 6:60) for the man next described, who was of this place, was a Benjaminite, (<101916>2 Samuel 19:16); (see Gill on “<100316>2 Samuel 3:16”); David was not yet come to the city itself, but into the neighbourhood of it, the fields adjacent to it: and behold, thence came out a man of the family of Saul; a descendant of a branch of his family, who had entertained a private grudge and secret enmity against David, to whom he imputed the fall of the family of Saul: whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera:…”

“SHIMEI CURSES DAVID. (Sa2 16:5-19) when king David came to Bahurim--a city of Benjamin (Sa2 3:16; Sa2 19:16). It is, however, only the confines of the district that are here meant. Shimei, . . . a man of the family of Saul--The misfortune of his family, and the occupation by David of what they considered their rightful possessions, afforded a natural, if not a justifiable cause for this ebullition of rude insults and violence. He upbraided David as an ambitious usurper, and charged him, as one whose misdeeds had recoiled upon his own head, to surrender a throne to which he was not entitled. His language was that of a man incensed by the wrongs that he conceived had been done to his house.…”

“Bahurim - See 2 Samuel 3:16 note. It seems to have lain off the road, on a ridge 2 Samuel 16:13, separated from it by a narrow ravine, so that Shimei was out of easy reach though within hearing, and within a stone’s throw 2Sa 16:6, 2 Samuel 16:9. Shimei, the son of Gera - In the title to Psalms 7:0 he is apparently called “Cush the Benjamite.” On Gera, see Judges 3:15 note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“16:5 Bahurim was in the territory of Benjamin east of the Mount of Olives on the way to the Jordan River. It is likely that many people from Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, harbored lingering resentment against David’s rule. In the case of Shimei, his loyalty to Saul was even stronger because he was from the same clan in the tribe of Benjamin.”

“Bahurim: This place is supposed to be the same as Almon ( Jos 21:18), and Almeth ( Ch1 6:60), a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet. Sa2 16:14, Sa2 3:16, Sa2 17:18 whose name: Sa2 19:16-18; Kg1 2:8, Kg1 2:9, Kg1 2:36-44, Kg1 2:45, Kg1 2:46 he came: etc. or, he still came forth and cursed cursed: Exo 22:28; Sa1 17:43; Psa 69:26, Psa 109:16-19, Psa 109:28; Pro 26:2; Ecc 10:20; Isa 8:21; Mat 5:11, Mat 5:12 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:7”

“Shimei's cursing. - Sa2 16:5, Sa2 16:6. When the king had come to Bahurim, on the other side of the Mount of Olives, but not far off (see at Sa2 3:16), there came out of that place a man of the family of the house of Saul, i.e., a distant relation of Saul, cursing him; and he pelted David and all his servants with stones, although all the people and all the heroes (the household troops and body-guard: Sa2 15:17-18) were (marking) on the right and left of the king. The words "all the people," etc., are a circumstantial clause. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:7”