The Meaning of 2 Samuel 16:6 Explained

2 Samuel 16:6

KJV: 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 left.

YLT: and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.

Darby: and 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 left.

ASV: 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 left.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 16:6?

MEANING: What does 2 Samuel 16:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 16:6 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 16:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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 left.

What does 2 Samuel 16:6 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 16:1-12 - A Day That Revealed Character

There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:24. Shimei vented the spleen of the house of Saul. He probably referred to the recent execution of the sons of Rizpah, and perhaps suggested that David had been guilty of all the disaster that had befallen Saul's house from the day of Gilboa. When men curse us, whether we deserve it or not, let us look past them to the permissive will of God. "Let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him!"

When, through the treachery of Judas, the bitter cup came to the lips of our Lord, he said, "It is the cup that my Father hath given me to drink." Pain and sorrow, treachery and hard speeches, may be devised against us by the malignity of an Ahithophel, a Shimei, or a Judas; but by the time these have passed, through the permissive will of God, we may receive them as the strokes of His chastening rod, that we may partake of His holiness. We are not the sport of chance or human caprice. God deals with us as with sons. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 16

¹ Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance
⁵ At Bahurim, Shimei curses David
⁹ David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge
¹⁵ Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel
²⁰ Ahithophel's counsel

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 16:6 mean?

And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David and all the people the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left

וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙ אֶת־ דָּוִ֔ד וְאֶת־ כָּל־ עַבְדֵ֖י הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֑ד וְכָל־ הָעָם֙ הַגִּבֹּרִ֔ים מִימִינ֖וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ

וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל	And he
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: סָקַל Sense: to stone (to death), put to death by stoning.
בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙	threw stones
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small).
אֶת־	at
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
דָּוִ֔ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וְאֶת־	and at
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
עַבְדֵ֖י	the servants
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	of King
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
דָּוִ֑ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וְכָל־	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הָעָם֙	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
הַגִּבֹּרִ֔ים	the mighty men [were]
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural Root: גִּבֹּור Sense: strong, mighty.
מִימִינ֖וֹ	on his right hand
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָמִין Sense: right, right hand, right side.
וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ	and on his left
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: שְׂמֹאל Sense: the left, the left hand, the left side.

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