Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:7

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

7. Come out, come out ] Out! out! from the land and from thy kingdom into exile.

thou bloody man ] Thou man of blood, thou murderer. Shimei seems to have supplied Cromwell’s army with the terms of its resolution “to call Charles Stuart, that man of blood, to account for the blood he has shed and the mischief he has done to the utmost against the Lord’s cause and people in this poor nation.” Green’s Short History, p. 552.

thou man of Belial ] Thou wicked man. See note on 1Sa 1:16.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Come out – Rather, Go out, namely, of the land, into banishment. Compare Jer 29:16.

Thou bloody man – See the margin. The Lords word to David 1Ch 22:8 was probably known to Shimei and now cast in Davids teeth by him, with special reference to the innocent blood of Uriah.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Or rather, go out, as the word properly signifies. Be gone out of thy kingdom, as thou deservest.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And thus said Shimei, when he cursed, come out, come out,…. Or rather, “go out, go out” t; that is, out of the nation, where he deserved not to live, as he judged, and out of the kingdom, which he had usurped, as he supposed; and the repeating the words not only denotes his vehement desire to have him gone, but the haste he should make to get out, or he was liable to be overtaken by Absalom and his forces; upbraiding him also with the hurry he was in, and the speedy flight he was making:

thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial; or wicked man; perhaps referring by these characters in the one to the murder of Uriah, and in the other to his adultery with Bathsheba; and these crimes coming fresh into David’s mind hereby, might make him more mild and humble under his reproaches.

t “egredere, egredere”, Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shimei cursed thus: “ Out, out (away, away), thou man of blood, and worthless man! Jehovah hath repaid thee (now) for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast become king, and hath given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son. Behold, now thou art in thy misfortune, for thou art a man of blood.” , a man of drops of blood, i.e., one who has shed blood or committed murder. What Shimei meant by “all the blood of the house of Saul,” which David had shed, and because of which he was a man of blood, it is impossible to determine with certainty. He may possibly have attributed to David the murder of Ishbosheth and Abner, notwithstanding the fact that David was innocent of the death of both (see 2Sa 3:27., and 2Sa 4:6.). By “in whose stead thou hast reigned,” he meant whose throne thou hast forcibly usurped; and by , “it is for this that punishment hat overtaken thee now.”

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(7) Come out, come out.Rather, Go out, go out. It is doubtful whether by the words, thou bloody man, Shimei meant anything more than that he considered David responsible for the blood of the house of Saul, (2Sa. 16:8), especially in the case of Ishbosheth and of Abner, and the execution of Sauls seven descendants at the demand of the Gibeonites (2Sa. 21:1-9). Yet he may have known of the crime in regard to Uriah, and have wished to point his curse with the charge of shedding that innocent blood.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

7. Come out, come out Rather, Go! go! That is, Away with thee!

Bloody man So called for the reason given in the following verse.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2Sa 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

Ver. 7. Come out, come out, &c. ] Prima semper irarum tela maledicta aunt: et quod non possumus imbecilli, optamus irati. a Calvin b maketh mention of an insolent heretic, who, though he had as fair language given him as was possible, yet would never vouchsafe to speak better to that most worthy man than if he had had to deal with a dog.

Thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial. ] Facundia plane canina. With what eagerness barketh this dead dog, no otherwise than if he had fetched every word as far as hell! Such a rabiosus canis was Porphyrie, Genebrard, Scioppius, &c.

a Sallust.

b Epist. ad Farell.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)