2 Samuel 16:9

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 his head.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This dead dog - See the marginal reference and 2 Samuel 9:8 note. Go over - The ravine, possibly with a stream of water 2 Samuel 17:20 , w...
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

dead dog . Figure of speech Antiprosopopceia. App-6. Compare 1 Samuel 17:43 , let me go . Compare 1 Samuel 26:8 .
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...
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

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 l...
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...
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

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king ,.... A sister's son of his, and a general in the army, who could not bear to hear the king abuse...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 his he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Come out Or rather, go out , as the Hebrew properly means: begone out of thy kingdom, from which thou deservest to be expelled. Thou bloody man,...
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

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 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

Then said Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, one of David's generals and heroes, unto the king, Why should this dead dog, this despicable, vile cur, 2 S...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:17 ; 1 Samuel 24:14 ; 1 Samuel 26:6-11 ; 1 Samuel 26:6-8 ; 2 Samuel 3:30 ; 2 Samuel 3:8 ; 2 Samuel 9:8 ; Acts 23:5 ; Exodus 22:28...

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 his head.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:9