2 Samuel 16:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 he is apparently called “Cush the Benjamite.” On Gera, see Judges 3:15 note.

2 Samuel 16:5

5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth,b and cursed still as he came.