And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
We here find how David bore Shimei's curses much better than he had borne Ziba's flatteries. By the latter he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by the former to pass a right judgment on himself. The world's smiles are more dangerous than its frowns. Observe here, I.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 16:5-14
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary,.... With their journey, and through grief and trouble at what they met with: and refreshed themselves there: that is, at Bahurim, with food and rest; which revived their spirits, and put as it were new life and soul into them, as the word used signifies.
refreshed themselves there--that is, in the city of Bahurim.