SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:11
Y dijo David a Abisai y a todos sus siervos: He aquí, mi hijo que ha salido de mis entrañas, acecha a mi vida; ¿cuánto más ahora un hijo de Jemini? Dejadle que maldiga, que el SEÑOR se lo ha dicho.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 16:11
Verse 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."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And David said to Abishai, and all his servants , etc.] 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).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-14 - David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by thes he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are more dangerous tha its frowns. Once and again David spared Saul's life, while Saul sough his. But innocence is no defence against malice and falsehood; nor ar we to think it strange, if we are charged with that which we have bee most careful to keep ourselves from. It is well for us, that men ar not to be our judges, but He whose judgment is according to truth. Se how patient David was under this abuse. Let this remind us of Christ who prayed for those who reviled and crucified him. A humble spiri will turn reproaches into reproofs, and get good from them, instead of being provoked by them. David the hand of God in it, and comfort himself that God would bring good out of his affliction. We may depen upon God to repay, not only our services, but our sufferings.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 דוד 1732 אל 413 אבישׁי 52 ואל 413 כל 3605 עבדיו 5650 הנה 2009 בני 1121 אשׁר 834 יצא 3318 ממעי 4578 מבקשׁ 1245 את 853 נפשׁי 5315 ואף 637 כי 3588 עתה 6258 בן הימיני 1145 הנחו 3240 לו ויקלל 7043 כי 3588 אמר 559 לו יהוה׃ 3068
