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2 Samuel 16:6

2 Samuel 16:6
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David,.... Not that he was within the reach of them, or could hurt them, by casting them at them; but this he did to show his contempt of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 16:5-14

We here find how David bore Shimei's curses much better than he had borne Ziba's flatteries. By the latter he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by the former to pass a right judgment on…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And he cast stones, &c. The scene is described with an exactness which bespeaks an eye-witness. The road apparently was parallel to a ridge the "rib" or "side of the hill," 2Sa 16:16 and separated…