John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul , etc.] Which he would suggest was shed by David, or, however, that he was the cause of its being shed; as if he had stirred up the Philistines to that battle in which Saul and his sons were slain, and had an hand secretly in the deaths of Ishbosheth and Abner, all which were false insinuations; and it may be the seven sons of Saul before this time, though after related, were delivered into the hands of the Gibeonites to be hanged, to which respect may be had: in whose stead thou hast reigned ; not by right, but by usurpation he suggests: and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son ; in this he seems to contradict himself; for if David had got the kingdom by usurpation, it would rather have, been delivered by the Lord into the hand of one of Saul’s family, and not of David’s: and behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief ; punished for his sins; the mischief he had brought on others was retaliated to him: because thou [art] a bloody man ; guilty of slaying, as the Targum of shedding innocent blood, and so worthy of death.
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 השׁיב7725 עליך5921 יהוה3068 כל3605 דמי1818 בית1004 שׁאול7586 אשׁר834 מלכת4427 תחתו8478 ויתן5414 יהוה3068 את853 המלוכה4410 ביד3027 אבשׁלום53 בנך1121 והנך2005 ברעתך7451 כי3588 אישׁ376 דמים1818 אתה׃859
