2 Samuel 19:16
Good News Translation
At the same time the Benjaminite Shimei son of Gera from Bahurim hurried to the Jordan to meet King David.

New Revised Standard Version
Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the people of Judah to meet King David;

Contemporary English Version
Shimei the son of Gera was there with them. He had hurried from Bahurim to meet David. Shimei was from the tribe of Benjamin, and

New American Bible
Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the Judahites to meet King David,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, made haste and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, made haste and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David,

2 Samuel 16:5-13 And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on, . . .

1 Kings 2:8,36-46 Thou hast also with thee Semei, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went to the camp: but because he came down to meet me when I passed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying: I will not kill thee with the sword: . . .

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Job 2:4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life:

Proverbs 6:4,5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. . . .

Matthew 5:25 Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Context
Shimei Pardoned
16And Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, made haste and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David,17With a thousand men of Benjamin, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty servants were with him: and going over the Jordan,…
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:16
And her husband followed her, weeping as far as Bahurim: and Abner said to him: Go and return. And he returned.

2 Samuel 16:5
And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on,

1 Kings 2:8
Thou hast also with thee Semei, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went to the camp: but because he came down to meet me when I passed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying: I will not kill thee with the sword:

2 Samuel 19:15
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