2 Samuel 16:12

1 Peter 4:12-19; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Deuteronomy 23:5; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 2:25; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:8; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 29:33; Hebrews 12:10; Isaiah 27:7; Matthew 5:11; Matthew 5:12; Psalms 25:18; Romans 8:28

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His cursing - Another reading has “my curse,” i. e., the curse that has fallen upon me. David recognizes in every word and action that he was rec...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will (g) requite me good for his cursing this day. (g) Meaning, that the Lor...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal ( 2 Samuel 4:4 ), with a present of two asses laden...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

look on mine affliction . This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sopherim (App-33). The primitive text reads "Jehovah will behold with His...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 321 DAVID’S PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE 2 Samuel 16:5-12 . And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the fam...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out—Shimei—and cursed.— This vile and calumnious treatment of Shimei was one of the severest t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his It may be that the LORD will look on mine...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ziba, Shimei, and Ahithophel David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Look on mine affliction. — The English here follows the LXX. and Vulg. The Hebrew margin has mine eye, but the text has my iniquity, which is p...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXI. FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM. 2 Samuel 16:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17:15-22 and 2 Samuel 17:24-26 . AS David proceeds on his painful jour...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Day That Revealed Character 2 Samuel 16:1-12 There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:2...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off hi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction ,.... Through the rebellion of his son, and now aggravated by the cursing of Shimei; that is, w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. Ver. 12. It may be the Lord...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It may be the Lord will look on mine affliction , &c. He means that, although this was a chastisement from God upon him, yet if he bore it as be...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Cursed by Shimei. B. C. 1023. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It may be; he speaks doubtfully, because he was conscious that by his sins he had forfeited all his claim to God's promises. The Lord will look on...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Is Cursed By A Member Of The House Of Saul ( 2 Samuel 16:5-14 ). We will have noted that up to this point each person who had approached Dav...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:5 . “Bahurim.” (See note on 2 Samuel 3:16 ). 2 Samuel 16:6 . “On his right hand,” etc. i.e. ,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 16:3 . Where is thy master's son? Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth,...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when David was a little past the top of the hill. Impatience and submission Mephibosheth, it will be recollected, was the only son of Jonat...
The Biblical Illustrator

Shimei the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came. The forbearance of David towards Shimei I. The provocation David received....
The Biblical Illustrator

Let him alone, let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him. The grounds of David’s forbearance towards Shimei David, in his adversity, receives...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 16:1 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth . It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ziba and Shimei
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, on the guilt of sins which David really had, since he felt that he had deeply offended the Lord...

¹² It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction,e and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 16:12