“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 16 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.